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Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia requiring ECMO in a teenager smoking tobacco and cannabis
Author(s) -
Sauvaget Emilie,
Dellamonica Jean,
Arlaud Kévin,
Sanfiorenzo Céline,
Bernardin Gilles,
Padovani Bernard,
Viard Laurent,
Dubus JeanChristophe
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.21314
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , cannabis , marijuana smoking , eosinophilic pneumonia , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , dermatology , respiratory disease , substance abuse , psychiatry , lung , polysubstance dependence
We describe what we believe is an entirely novel case of a 15‐year‐old boy with idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia and unusual, resistant hypoxemia which necessitated extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Response to corticosteroids was excellent and a full recovery was observed. Smoking cigarettes and cannabis on the day the symptoms began may have contributed to the occurrence of this rare disease. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2010;45:1246–1249. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.