Eosinophilic pneumonia due to duloxetine.

Abstract

A 32-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of worsening fever, chills, and cough despite therapy with oral antibiotics. Chest radiographs demonstrated migrating, peripheral upper lobe infiltrates. A CBC count demonstrated significant eosinophilia. At bronchoscopy, eosinophil-rich mucus was seen impacted throughout his bronchi. A transbronchial biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of eosinophilic pneumonia. Symptoms, eosinophilia, and radiographic abnormalities were reversed with cessation of duloxetine. This case report briefly reviews the diagnosis of drug-induced pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia (PIEs) and eosinophilic pneumonia. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of PIEs due to duloxetine.