Hypereosinophilic syndrome: case report

Hypereosinophilic syndrome is a spectrum of disorders characterized by marked eosinophilia of no identifiable cause and by organ dysfunction. In 1999, a patient with marked weight loss, eosinophilia and a hypodense lesion in the right lobe of the liver was diagnosed as hypereosinophilic syndrome by...

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Published inThe Turkish journal of gastroenterology Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 119 - 121
Main Authors Yörük, Ozlem, Bulut, Nilüfer, Cerikçi, Rana, Yildirim, I Safa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Turkey Türk Gastroenteroloji Vakfı 01.06.2002
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Biopsy, Needle
Biyopsi, iğne
Case report
Erkek
Hemic and lymphatic diseases
Hemik ve lenfatik hastalıklar
Hipereozinofilik sendrom
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
Karaciğer
Liver
Male
Middle Age
Olgu sunumu
Prednisolone
Prednizolon
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Summary:Hypereosinophilic syndrome is a spectrum of disorders characterized by marked eosinophilia of no identifiable cause and by organ dysfunction. In 1999, a patient with marked weight loss, eosinophilia and a hypodense lesion in the right lobe of the liver was diagnosed as hypereosinophilic syndrome by fine needle aspiration biopsy and bone marrow aspiration biopsy. Echocardiography and thoracal HRCT was found to be normal. The patient was prescribed 30 mg prednisolone daily with the dose being tapered gradually. At the end of treatment, computerized tomography was normal but ultrasonography showed a 1mm x 3mm lesion. Liver scintigraphy was then performed in order to determine the activity of the lesion and was found to be normal. The lesion was therefore thought to be from a previous infection.
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ISSN:1300-4948