Table 4.
Eosinophilic lung diseases of known causes |
*Löffler syndrome (Simple pulmonary eosinophilia) |
*Allergic Broncho-Pulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA) |
*Drug induced Eosinophilic Pneumonia |
Eosinophlic lung diseases with extrapulmonary involvement |
*Hypereosinophilic syndrome |
*Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA)—Churg Strauss Syndrome |
Interstitial lung diseases that may show lung eosinophilia |
†Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) |
†Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP) |
‡Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (PLCH) |
‡Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis |
‡Sarcoidosis |
*Presence of lung and circulating eosinophilia. †Presence of lung but not circulating eosinophilia. May have similar clinical and radiological features to eosinophilic pneumonia. ‡Presence of lung but not circulating eosinophilia but readily distinguishable from eosinophilic pneumonia by clinical and radiological features.