Presentamos el caso de una femenina de 68 años con cuadro agudo de tos, disnea y eosinofilia periférica, con estudios de imágenes compatibles con consolidación posterobasal y apical del pulmón derecho. La inmunofluorescencia (IF) del aspirado nasofaríngeo fue positiva por un adenovirus y la biopsia de pulmón mostró engrosamiento de los tabiques interalveolares con infiltración eosinofílica. El curso clínico y los hallazgos histopatológicos sugieren una neumonía eosinofílica aguda (NEA).
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