[Acute respiratory distress syndrome in a patient treated with atenolol].

We report a case of acute respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in a patient treated with Atenolol (Tenormin) for two months. According to the different criteria which are generally used, the diagnosis of pulmonary oedema induced by Atenolol was made. There were extra pulmonary clinical signs (cutaneous and articular) which were associated with blood hypereosinophilia and were suggesting the mechanism of RDS was hypersensitivity.