Unusual presentation of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia.

Typical clinical and radiological features of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia were originally described by Weingarten.' Cases of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia were initially recorded in India, but the disease is now known to occur throughout the world. Various atypical radiological presentations such as cavitation,2pleural effusion,3' and patchy pneumonitis5 7 have been reported. Very few cases with a large area of pneumonitis'8 have been recorded. In view of its rarity we present a case of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia in which a large area of pneumonia like consolidation was present in the right lower zone.