- acute eosinophilic pneumonia
- a condition resembling chronic eosinophilic pneumonia but with a more rapid onset and more limited duration, accompanied by acute respiratory failure and diffuse pulmonary infiltrates.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
acute eosinophilic pneumonia
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