unusual presentation of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with “reversed halo sign”: a case report

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mahdia gholamnejad department of pulmonology, imam khomeini hospital, urmia university of medical sciences, urmia, iran; department of pulmonology, imam khomeini hospital, urmia university of medical sciences, p. o. box: 5715781351, urmia, iran, tel/fax: +98-4413469931

nader rezaie department of pulmonology, firouzgar hospital, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

چکیده

the reversed halo sign (rhs) may sometimes be seen in patients with cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (cop), but is rarely associated with other diseases. herein, we present a case of a 21-year-old woman with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia, with high resolution computed tomography (hrct) finding of rhs. this is an unusual and rare presentation of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.

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iranian journal of radiology

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