ABSTRACT
Se presenta un caso de un hombre de 81 años natural de zona rural, agricultor, recolector de café 50 años atrás y jardinero por 22 años en Bogotá. Consultó por dolor abdominal de 10 días de evolución, localizado hacia mesogastrio y epigastrio. Además, disnea, tos productiva. Antecedentes: enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica, cor pulmonale, fumador de 25 paquetes /año, había recibido prednisona oral y beclometasona inhalada en diversas ocasiones incluso en la última hospitalización. En el examen físico presentó signos de desnutrición, taquicardia, taquipnea; estertores en base del hemitórax derecho; abdomen: blando, depresible con dolor a la palpación profunda en epigastrio e hipocondrio derecho. Ingresó con síndrome de respuesta inflamatoria sistémica por taquicardia, taquipnea, leucocitosis 37.600 y eosinofilia 52-60%, Ig E: 180 UI/ ml. Se evidenciaron larvas rabditiformes de Strongyloides stercoralis en esputo y materia fecal. La radiografía de tórax mostró derrame pleural derecho, la ecografía hepática fue normal, la endoscopia de vías digestivas altas evidenció gastritis y duodenitis. Se inició tratamiento con ivermectina 200 mg/ Kg/dosis, con seguimiento clínico y de laboratorio con evolución clínica satisfactoria.
The case is presented of an 81-years old man from a rural area who had been a farmer, a coffee harvester 50 years beforehand and a gardener in Bogotá for 22 years. He consulted because of abdominal pain having 10 days evolution, localized towards the mesogastrium and epigastrium. He was also suffering from dyspnoea and productive cough. Background: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, smoking 25 packets/year, he had received oral prednisone and inhaled beclomethasone on occasions, including during his last hospitalization. Physical examination revealed signs of undernourishment, tachycardia, tachypnoea; stertors at the base of the right hemithorax; abdomen: soft, depressible with pain on deep palpation of the epigastrium and right hypochondrium. He was admitted suffering from systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) dueto tachycardia, tachypnoea, 37,600 leukocytosis and 52%-60% eosinophilia, Ig E: 180 UI/ ml. Strongyloides stercoralis rabditiform larvae appeared in sputum and fecal material. Thoracic radiography revealed right pleural leakage; hepatic echography was normal, endoscopy of upper digestive routes revealed gastritis and duodenitis. Treatment was started with 200 mg/Kg/dose ivermectin with clinical and laboratory follow-up and satisfactory clinical evolution.
ABSTRACT
Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome, otherwise known as Job's syndrome, is an immune disorder characterized by an abnormal elevation of the circulating immunoglobulin E level, and recurrent infections of the skin and sinopulmo nar tract. The syndrome has various ppulmonary featurea, e.g., pneumonia, pneumatocele, pneumothorax, lung abscesses and empyema. We report a case of hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome, with various respiratory clinical manifestation. Medical therapy, including prophylactic antibiotics, has been the cornerstone for the treatment of hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome. Even if surgical intervention is required, minimal pulmonary parenchymal resection is recommended.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents , Empyema , Immune System Diseases , Immunoglobulin E , Immunoglobulins , Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes , Job Syndrome , Lung Abscess , Phagocyte Bactericidal Dysfunction , Pneumonia , Pneumothorax , SkinABSTRACT
A 13-year-old girl presented with multiple skin abscesses. She was diagnosed as having juvenile dermatomyositis (DM) at the age of 7 years. She had suffered from recurrent skin infections, atypical pruritic dermatitis and pneumonia since the age of 8 years. Bacteriologic and fungal cultures for skin abscesses and oral mucosa were positive S. aureus and C. albicans, respectively. Chemotactic defect in peripheral blood neutrophils was observed. The level of serum IgE was markedly elevated, and anti-S.aureus specific IgE was found. A diagnosis of hyperimmunoglobulin E-recurrent infection syndrome (HIE) was made and she was successfully treated with surgical drainage and antibiotics. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of HIE in a patient with juvenile dermatomyositis.