Loeffler's syndrome

Löffler's syndrome or Loeffler's syndrome is a diseasein which a certain type of white blood cellcalled an eosinophilaccumulates in the lungin response to a parasiticinfection. It was first described in 1932 by Wilhelm Löffler in cases of eosinophilic pneumoniacaused by the parasites Ascaris lumbricoides, Strongyloides stercoralis and the hookwormsAncylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus. Although Löffler only described eosinophilic pneumonia in the context of infection, many authors give the term "Löffler's syndrome" to any form of acute onset pulmonary eosinophilia no matter what the underlying cause.

See also

• Eosinophilic pneumonia
• Parasitic pneumonia
• Pneumonia

References

1. Löffler, W. Zur Differential-Diagnose der Lungenifiltrierungen. I. Frühfiltrate unter besonerer Berücksichtigung der Rückbildungszeiten. Beiträge zum Klinik der Tuberkulose, 1932, 79, 338-367.
2. Löffler, W. Zur Differential-Diagnose der Lungenifiltrierungen. II. Über flüchtige Succedan-Infiltrate (mit Eosinophilie). Beiträge zum Klinik der Tuberkulose, 1932, 79, 368-382.
3. Löffler, W. Flüchtige Lungeninfiltrate mit Eosinophilia. Klinische Wochjenschrift, Berlin, 1935, 14: 297-299.

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