A case of hyereosinophilic syndrome with exudative pleural effusion.
- Author:
Do Yeon HWANG
1
;
Hyung Hwa LEE
;
Jong Hyuk PARK
;
Jin Il PARK
;
Hong Seok HWANG
;
Ji Hwan YOON
;
Dong Hyup KWAK
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Kwak's Hospital, Daegu, Korea. luleb@hanmail.net, apopo34@empal.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Eosinophil;
Pleural effusion
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
Administration, Oral;
Bone Marrow;
Diagnosis;
Eosinophils;
Exudates and Transudates;
Humans;
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome;
Hyperplasia;
Liver;
Pleural Effusion*;
Ultrasonography
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2005;69(1):90-95
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Hypereosinophilic syndrome, the disease with continuous over production of eosinophil from bone marrow without any identifiable underlying disorder, causes various symptoms or signs by infiltrating organs. As many as 28,780/mm3 eosinophils in peripheral blood, the eosinophilic hyperplasia in bone marrow and features of hepatic involvement -revealed elevated serum AST, ALT and ultrasonogram of abdomen showed the multiple nodules scattered throughout the liver, we have reached to make a diagnosis of the rare hyper eosinophilic syndrome carrying the eosinophil-rich exudate in pleural effusion. The patient showed improvement of clinical symptoms with oral administration of predinisolone, and we report this case with literature consideration.
