Bronchoalveolar lavage and technetium-99m glucoheptonate imaging in chronic eosinophilic pneumonia

Journal Article · Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1984 · Chest; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.85.2.282· OSTI ID:6409069

Lieske, T R; Sunderrajan, E V; Passamonte, P M

A patient with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia was evaluated using bronchoalveolar lavage, technetium-99m glucoheptonate, and transbronchial lung biopsy. Bronchoalveolar lavage revealed 43 percent eosinophils and correlated well with results of transbronchial lung biopsy. Technetium-99m glucoheptonate lung imaging demonstrated intense parenchymal uptake. After eight weeks of corticosteroid therapy, the bronchoalveolar lavage eosinophil population and the technetium-99m glucoheptonate uptake had returned to normal. We suggest that bronchoalveolar lavage, with transbronchial lung biopsy, is a less invasive way than open lung biopsy to diagnose chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. The mechanism of uptake of technetium-99m glucoheptonate in this disorder remains to be defined.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Missouri-Columbia
• OSTI ID: 6409069
• Journal Information: Chest; (United States), Vol. 85:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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