Progressive Lung Involvement during Steroid Therapy in Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
; : 97-103, 2005.
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in Ko
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ABSTRACT
Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is characterized by a sustained eosinophilia of 1,500/mm3 or more in the absence of any known causes or the signs and symptoms of organ involvement. We report a 64-year-old man with HES initially presenting with involvement of the liver and bone marrow. Despite controlling the eosinophilia by corticosteroid, he developed a cerebral infarction and later progressive interstitial pneumonia. Brain angiography revealed a severe stenosis of the proximal right internal carotid artery (ICA) and a complete obstruction of the intracranial ICA. An open lung biopsy revealed fibrosis and lymphoplasma cell infiltration without eosinophils, which were consistent with nonspecific interstitial pneumonia.
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Main subject:
Biopsy
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Bone Marrow
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Fibrosis
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Brain
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Angiography
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Carotid Artery, Internal
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Cerebral Infarction
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Lung Diseases, Interstitial
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Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
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Constriction, Pathologic
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Ko
Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
2005
Type:
Article