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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammed Abdelwahed M.D [2]

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The chest x-ray of eosinophilic pneumonia may show reticular or ground glass opacities. The distribution of opacities is localized to the lung periphery in acute pneumonia and diffuse in chronic one.

The chest x-ray of eosinophilic pneumonia may show reticular or ground glass opacities.^[1]
The distribution of opacities is localized to the lung periphery in acute pneumonia and diffuse in chronic one.
Bilateral pleural effusions may be observed.^[2]

↑ Allen JN, Davis WB (1994). "Eosinophilic lung diseases". Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 150 (5 Pt 1): 1423–38. doi:10.1164/ajrccm.150.5.7952571. PMID 7952571.
↑ Philit F, Etienne-Mastroïanni B, Parrot A, Guérin C, Robert D, Cordier JF (2002). "Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia: a study of 22 patients". Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 166 (9): 1235–9. doi:10.1164/rccm.2112056. PMID 12403693.