Journal article
Pulmonary Infiltration with Blood Eosinophilia after Scorpion Sting
Abstract
A 30-year-old man developed bilateral pulmonary infiltrates with blood eosinophilia after receiving a scorpion sting. A short course of corticosteroids resulted in rapid improvement. The PIE syndrome after scorpiasis has not, to our knowledge, been described previously.
Authors
Shah PKD; Lakhotia M; Chittora M; Mehta S; Purohit A
Journal
CHEST Journal, Vol. 95, No. 3, pp. 691–692
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 1989
DOI
10.1378/chest.95.3.691
ISSN
0012-3692