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. 1992 Jun;47(6):478–479. doi: 10.1136/thx.47.6.478

Cocaine induced eosinophilic lung disease.

P I Oh 1, M S Balter 1
PMCID: PMC463820  PMID: 1496510

Abstract

A patient developed fever, bronchoconstriction, hypoxaemia, pulmonary infiltrates, and serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid eosinophilia on two occasions after inhaling crack cocaine. Transbronchial biopsy specimens showed normal lung parenchyma but a dense eosinophilic infiltrate within the bronchial wall. Both episodes resolved promptly after treatment with corticosteroids. Eosinophilic lung disease may be a steroid responsive complication of crack cocaine abuse.

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