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Idiopathic Eosinophilic Pleural Effusion Treated Successfully with Corticosteroid Therapy: A Clinical Case Report.
Article in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Bilateral pleural effusions as the first sign of mesenteric panniculitis.BMJ case reports · 2020Article
- Mesalamine-induced eosinophilic pleural effusion.BMJ case reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
A pleural effusion is defined to be eosinophilic when 10% or more of the white blood cells in pleural fluid are eosinophils. Despite the multitude of studies enumerating the causes of eosinophilic pleural effusion (EPE), 14%-25% of such cases remain idiopathic even after thorough work-up. We report a case report of a 28-year-old never smoker male from the Rukum district of Nepal who presented to the emergency department (ED) with a chief complaint of shortness of breath associated with a low grade fever, nonproductive cough, and pleuritic right-sided chest pain for two weeks. There was no past medical and surgical history of note. Clinical examination revealed findings suggestive of a right-sided pleural effusion and relevant laboratory and radiological investigations were performed. Symptomatic treatment for the fever was administered. Full blood count showed a leukocytosis of 34 × 10
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