idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia
Findings
No curated finding names idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia (IAEP) is an eosinophilic pneumonia of undetermined etiology that is characterized by acute febrile hypoxic respiratory failure associated with diffuse radiographic infiltrates and pulmonary eosinophilia, but without concurring allergy or infection.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019122), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
11 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Chest painHPOHP:0100749
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- FeverHPOHP:0001945
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Pulmonary infiltratesHPOHP:0002113
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Respiratory insufficiencyHPOHP:0002093
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Restrictive ventilatory defectHPOHP:0002091
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abdominal painHPOHP:0002027
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal eosinophil morphologyHPOHP:0001879
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal pattern of respirationHPOHP:0002793
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal pleura morphologyHPOHP:0002103
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- CoughHPOHP:0012735
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- MyalgiaHPOHP:0003326
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Where it sits
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia
- Also called
- Acute Eosinophilic PneumoniaIAEPLoeffler syndromeLoffler syndromeLöffler syndromeLoffler's syndrome