[Chronic idiopathic eosinophilic pneumopathy. Carrington's disease].

Eleven cases of idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia were studied. Ten of the patients were followed up for more than 3 years and the last one for 15 years. The female predominance observed, the mean age of 51 years, the late manifestations of asthma-like symptoms preceding the systemic signs by 8 1/2 months on average and the scarcity of extra-pulmonary manifestations characterized the clinical data.

[Pulmonary-mediastinal sarcoidosis presenting as parotiditis. A report on two cases (author's transl)].

The authors report on two cases in which parotid localization enabled diagnosis of an unsuspected sarcoidosis io be made. They feel that, apart from Sjogren-Goygerot's syndrome, all patients with parotiditis, even non-specific, should be examined systematically to exclude the possibility of a latent sarcoidosis.