A Case of Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Presenting With Multiorgan Infarctions Associated With Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Thromboembolism is one of the most critical complications of hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES). We report here a case of multi-organ infarctions related to HES. A 23-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with hemoptysis. Not only pulmonary, but also renal and splenic infarctions were detected o...

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Autores principales: Park, Sun-Mi, Park, Ji-Won, Kim, Sung-Min, Koo, Eun-Hee, Lee, Jin-Young, Lee, Chul-Su, Choi, Dong-Chull, Lee, Byung-Jae
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology; The Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3328734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22548210
http://dx.doi.org/10.4168/aair.2012.4.3.161
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Sumario:Thromboembolism is one of the most critical complications of hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES). We report here a case of multi-organ infarctions related to HES. A 23-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with hemoptysis. Not only pulmonary, but also renal and splenic infarctions were detected on computed tomography images. Blood tests showed profound peripheral eosinophilia. She was diagnosed with HES with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). We initiated infusion of corticosteroids, which effectively suppressed peripheral eosinophilia. However, consumptive coagulopathy did not improve and intracerebral hemorrhage related to thrombosis then developed. Addition of interferon-alpha resulted in the correction of the DIC associated with HES.

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