Treatment of Eosinophilic Pneumonopathy

THE authors have recently treated an unusual case, which was characterized by a high blood eosinophilia and an increasing pulmonary infiltration. The patient's disease has been difficult to classify. She was much more acutely ill than the average patient with a Loeffler syndrome. Apley and Grant,1 in 1945, discussed the possible relation of some of the conditions of eosinophilia and pulmonary infiltration and termed them the "E-P syndrome." The patient fits into this general category. She was eventually treated with adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH), which appeared to be life-saving for her.Case ReportPrior to the time of hospitalization, the patient, . . .