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Eur J Case Rep Intern Med 2018 24;5(4):000836. Epub 2018 Apr 24.

Internal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.

Tricuspid stenosis is an uncommon valvular abnormality commonly associated with other valvular lesions. Ebstein's anomaly is a rare congenital heart malformation characterized primarily by abnormalities of the tricuspid valve and right ventricle. Endomyocardial fibrosis is a restrictive cardiomyopathy observed in tropical and subtropical regions. Read More

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2019 Feb 8. Epub 2019 Feb 8.

Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.

Löffler endocarditis with hypereosinophilic syndrome is rare but can cause critical ventricular obliteration by endomyocardial fibrosis. A 52-year-old woman experienced severe right heart failure with extreme shrinkage of her right ventricle, severe tricuspid regurgitation and marked right atrial enlargement. Preoperative tests showed identical pressures in the right atrium and pulmonary artery. Read More

J Am Acad Dermatol 2019 Feb 6. Epub 2019 Feb 6.

Service de Médecine Interne, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Centre de Référence des Syndromes Hyperéosinophiliques (CEREO), Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France.

Background: Episodic Angioedema with eosinophilia (EAE, Gleich's syndrome) is a rare disorder consisting of recurrent episodes of angioedema, hypereosinophilia and frequent elevated serum Immunoglobin M.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective multicenter nationwide study regarding the clinical spectrum and therapeutic management of patients with EAE in France.

Results: Thirty patients were included with a median age at diagnosis of 41 years [5-84]. Read More

Pediatrics 2019 Jan 31. Epub 2019 Jan 31.

Departments of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, and Hepatology and

Pediatric intractable autoimmune hepatitis is rare and may be responsible for acute liver failure. Mutations in the itchy E3 ubiquitin protein ligase () gene (located on chromosome 20q11.22) can lead to a deficiency of the encoded protein, resulting in increased T-cell activity with lack of immune tolerance and manifestation of a complex systemic autoimmune disease. Read More

Allergy 2019 Jan 28. Epub 2019 Jan 28.

Pharmacology& Experimental Therapeutics Unit, Institute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Background: Siglec-7 is an inhibitory receptor (IR) expressed on human blood eosinophils. Whereas activation of other IRs, including Siglec-8 and CD300a, has been shown to downregulate eosinophil function, little is known about the role of Siglec-7 on human eosinophils.

Objective: To examine Siglec-7 expression and function in eosinophils from normal (ND) and eosinophilic (EO) donors. Read More

Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis 2019 Jan 22. Epub 2019 Jan 22.

Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Ilsan Hospital, Siksa-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 410-773, Republic of Korea. Electronic address:

Introduction: Hypereosinophilic syndrome is a rare disease with hypereosinophilia resulting in end-organ dysfunction. Patients present with organ-associated symptoms, and the targets frequently affected are heart, lung, skin, or the nervous system, and the middle ear involvement is rare.

Case Report: A 30-year-old female with left ear fullness and hearing loss, which persisted for 6months, was finally diagnosed with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES). Read More

BMC Infect Dis 2019 Jan 17;19(1):65. Epub 2019 Jan 17.

Division of Rheumatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Hon-komagome, Tokyo, 1138677, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.

Background: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) has various presentations, depending on the patient's immune status, age, and the route of transmission. In adults, HSV type 1 is found predominantly in the oral area, and HSV type 2 (HSV-2) is commonly found in the genital area. HSV-2 infection without genital lesions is uncommon. Read More

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2019 Jan 14. Epub 2019 Jan 14.

Division of Rheumatology and Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Objectives: The pathogenesis of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) remains poorly understood, and may overlap with eosinophilic asthma and primary hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES). The aim of this study was to analyse a panel of serum cytokines and chemokines as markers of disease activity in patients with these conditions.

Methods: The levels of 54 cytokines and chemokines were measured in the sera of 40 patients with active EGPA, 10 of these patients during inactive disease, 6 patients with HES, 8 with asthma, and 10 healthy controls. Read More

Z Rheumatol 2019 Jan 11. Epub 2019 Jan 11.

Vaskulitiszentrum-Süd, Klinik für Innere Medizin, Rheumatologie und Immunologie, Medius Kliniken, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus, Universität Tübingen, Kirchheim u. Teck, Deutschland.

Eosinophilia is defined as an elevated absolute number of eosinophilic leukocytes in peripheral blood or tissue. Its absolute number also defines the grade of eosinophilia. The main causes are allergic (including drug side effects) and infectious triggers but malignant and autoimmune diseases can also result in eosinophilia. Read More

Rinsho Ketsueki 2018 ;59(12):2594-2599

Department of Hematology, Tonan Hospital.

An 80-year-old female with fever, edema in the lower extremities, and marked eosinophilia was referred to our hospital. Based on the presence of the Philadelphia chromosome, she was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Although imatinib induced a complete cytogenetic response (CCyR), CML relapsed after 28 months of starting it. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Jan;98(1):e14017

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Rationale: Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP) is rare and an idiopathic disorder. The disease has been associated with drugs, infection, or irradiation, and its relationship with asthma remains unclear.

Patient Concerns: We reported a case of a 49-year-old female patient after trastuzumab and radiation therapy for breast cancer. Read More

Ther Clin Risk Manag 2018 7;14:2385-2396. Epub 2018 Dec 7.

School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy,

Mepolizumab is an anti-interleukin-5 (IL-5) humanized monoclonal antibody that binds to free IL-5. It induces bone marrow eosinophil maturation arrest and decreases eosinophil progenitors and subsequent maturation in the blood and bronchial mucosa. Its use has been extensively studied in severe eosinophilic asthma at a dose of 100 mg subcutaneously (SC) every 4 weeks and, more recently, in other hypereosinophilic syndromes. Read More

Leukemia 2019 Feb 20;33(2):415-425. Epub 2018 Dec 20.

Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.

Determining the underlying cause of persistent eosinophilia is important for effective clinical management but remains a diagnostic challenge in many cases. We identified STAT5B N642H, an established oncogenic mutation, in 27/1715 (1.6%) cases referred for investigation of eosinophilia. Read More

Semin Hematol 2019 Jan 28;56(1):22-29. Epub 2018 May 28.

Hematology Section, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1508.

Mastocytosis and hypereosinophilic syndrome is very rare neoplastic hematopoietic diseases. Mastocytosis is characterized by expansion and accumulation of clonal tissue mast cells in skin and/or various internal organs, while hypereosinophilic syndrome manifests with an increased number of eosinophils in the peripheral blood and tissue damage. These diseases represent a diagnostic challenge, since they can have overlapping clinical and pathologic features. Read More

Neth J Med 2018 Dec;76(10):431-436

Harbour Hospital and Institute for Tropical Diseases, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (currently working at Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Rotterdam).

Hypereosinophilia encompasses a broad differential diagnosis of atopy/allergic reactions, drug reactions, parasitic infections and paraneoplastic syndromes. Although mostly of limited clinical significance, hypereosinophilia can also be related to hematological malignancies. One has to be aware of the potential for secondary organ damage for example, in the case of hypereosinophilic syndrome. Read More

BMJ Case Rep 2018 Dec 3;11(1). Epub 2018 Dec 3.

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.

Although idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is uncommon, we studied the clinical characteristics of this disorder in patients with cutaneous involvement. We chronicle the case of a patient with diffuse skin rash due to idiopathic HES from our clinical experience. Furthermore, a systematic literature search of the medical databases PubMed and Google Scholar was conducted. Read More

Exp Hematol Oncol 2018 17;7:31. Epub 2018 Dec 17.

Department of Haematology, Sunway Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Background: The evolution of molecular studies in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) has enlightened us the understanding of this complex disease consisting of polycythaemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET) and primary myelofibrosis (PMF). The epidemiology is well described in the western world but not in Asian countries like Malaysia.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective national registry of MPN was conducted from year 2009 to 2015 in Malaysia. Read More

Korean J Ophthalmol 2018 12;32(6):517-518

Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

J Clin Med 2018 Dec 8;7(12). Epub 2018 Dec 8.

Department of Internal Medicine IV (Nephrology and Hypertension), Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

Peripheral blood eosinophilia (PBE), defined as 500 eosinophils or above per microliter (µL) blood, is a condition that is not uncommon but often neglected in the management of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), acute kidney injury (AKI), or patients on renal replacement therapy (RRT). The nature of PBE in the context of kidney diseases is predominantly secondary or reactive and has to be distinguished from primary eosinophilic disorders. Nonetheless, the finding of persistent PBE can be a useful clue for the differential diagnosis of underdiagnosed entities and overlapping syndromes, such as eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), acute interstitial nephritis (AIN), or the hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES). Read More

J Allergy Clin Immunol 2018 Dec 10. Epub 2018 Dec 10.

Human Eosinophil Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Md. Electronic address:

Background: Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin (Siglec) 8 is selectively expressed on eosinophils, mast cells, and basophils and, when engaged on eosinophils, can cause cell death.

Objective: We sought to characterize surface and soluble Siglec-8 (sSiglec-8) levels in normal donors (NDs) and eosinophilic donors (EOs) and assess the efficacy of anti-Siglec-8 antibodies in inducing eosinophil cell death in vitro.

Methods: Eosinophil expression of Siglec-8 was assessed by using flow cytometry and quantitative PCR. Read More

Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program 2018 11;2018(1):326-331

Human Eosinophil Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

Hypereosinophilic syndromes (HESs) are a heterogeneous group of rare disorders characterized by peripheral eosinophilia and eosinophilic end organ complications. Conventional therapies, including glucocorticoids and cytotoxic and immunomodulatory agents, have variable efficacy and significant toxicity. Although the recent development of agents that target eosinophils, including tyrosine kinase inhibitors and monoclonal antibodies, provides the possibility of more effective, less toxic approaches to treatment of HES, there are little available data to guide their use in these conditions. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Nov;97(48):e13425

Department of Critical Care Medicine, Nantong Third People's Hospital, Nantong University.

Rationale: Extensive thrombosis in the portal venous system caused by hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is rare, and there is no consensus on anticoagulant and thrombolytic treatments for arteriovenous thrombosis caused by HES.

Patient Concerns: The clinical data of a patient with extensive thrombosis in his portal venous system (superior mesenteric, splenic, hepatic, and portal veins), renal artery thrombosis, and mesenteric thrombosis caused by HES with secondary gastrointestinal bleeding and intestinal necrosis were retrospectively analyzed. Before admission, his eosinophil count increased to 7. Read More

Gut Liver 2019 Jan 3. Epub 2019 Jan 3.

Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.

Background/aims: Although eosinophilic liver infiltration (ELI) is not rare, few data exist regarding its clinical characteristics and etiology. Therefore, we evaluated these aspects to better understand the clinical implications of this lesion type, which is reasonably common in Korea.

Methods: Patients suspected of having ELI, based on abdominal computed tomography results obtained between January 2010 and September 2017, were enrolled in this retrospective study. Read More

Z Rheumatol 2018 Dec;77(10):907-922

Abt. für Rheumatologie, Immunologie und Rehabilitation, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Schweiz.

Eosinophilic granulocytes form peripheral effector cells controlled by Th2 lymphocytes, which cause local cell, tissue, and functional disorders of infiltrated organs via the release of cytotoxic basic proteins and oxygen radicals. Diseases associated with eosinophilia include systemic and organ-related forms. The lungs are involved in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA, formerly known as Churg-Strauss syndrome), acute and chronic eosinophilic pneumonia, as well as in an organ manifestation in hypereosinophilic syndrome and certain parasitic diseases. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Oct;97(42):e12871

Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

Rationale: Eosinophilic pleural effusion in elderly patients is most commonly due to malignancies and infections.

Patient Concerns: In rare cases, pleural eosinophilia is associated with connective tissue disease.

Diagnoses: Presence of Hargraves cells, also called lupus erythematosus (LE) cells (polynuclear cells that have engulfed denatured nuclear material), was a key point of American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) until 1997. Read More

J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2018 Oct 11. Epub 2018 Oct 11.

CHU Lille, Département de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Centre de Référence des Maladies Auto-immunes Systémiques Rares du Nord et Nord-Ouest de France (CeRAINO), University of Lille, Lille, France; Centre de Référence National des Syndromes Hyperéosinophiliques (CEREO), France; CHU Lille, Institut d'Immunologie, University of Lille, Lille, France; Inserm, CHU Lille, U995 - LIRIC - Lille Inflammation Research International Center, University of Lille, Lille, France. Electronic address:

J Vet Intern Med 2018 Nov 12;32(6):2074-2081. Epub 2018 Oct 12.

Department of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Background: Gastroesophageal reflux and microaspiration (MA) of gastric juice are associated with various human respiratory diseases but not in dogs.

Objective: To detect the presence of bile acids in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of dogs with various respiratory diseases.

Animals: Twenty-seven West Highland White Terriers (WHWTs) with canine idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (CIPF), 11 dogs with bacterial pneumonia (BP), 13 with chronic bronchitis (CB), 9 with eosinophilic bronchopneumopathy (EBP), 19 with laryngeal dysfunction (LD), 8 Irish Wolfhounds (IWHs) with previous BPs, 13 healthy WHWTs, all privately owned dogs, and 6 healthy research colony Beagles METHODS: Prospective cross-sectional observational study with convenience sampling of dogs. Read More

ANZ J Surg 2018 Oct 2. Epub 2018 Oct 2.

Acute Surgical Unit, Division of Surgery, Logan Hospital, Logan City, Queensland, Australia.

J Dermatolog Treat 2018 ;29(sup3):10-13

a Dermatologic Clinic Sapienza University of Rome , Rome , Italy.

The case of a woman who suffered from CSU and prurigo Besnier, with a history of chronic hyper-eosinophilia, ulcerative colitis and thyroiditis, unresponsive to anti-histamines and steroids is reported. The patient received omalizumab treatment, and obtained resolution of urticaria along with improvement of cutaneous symptoms of prurigo. Read More

Indian J Ophthalmol 2018 Oct;66(10):1508-1511

Department of Oculoplasty, Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya, Guwahati, Assam, India.

Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a spectrum of myeloproliferative disorder, which is characterized by persistent and marked blood eosinophilia and damage to multiple organs due to eosinophilic infiltration. Idiopathic HES is identified after ruling out all other causes of eosinophilia. Poor prognosis is usually associated with cardiac involvement and malignant transformation of blood cells. Read More

Respir Med Case Rep 2018 10;25:213-215. Epub 2018 Sep 10.

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a most dangerous complication that needs prompt treatment to reduce potentially death. There are many well-known prognostic factors indicate the morbidity and mortality in various thromboembolic events. Persistent eosinophilia in peripheral blood can lead to tissue infiltration and even organ damage, but the urgent event of thromboembolism in pulmonary provoked by eosinophil eosinophilia in idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is relative an unusual presentation. Read More

Pediatr Blood Cancer 2019 Jan 11;66(1):e27449. Epub 2018 Sep 11.

Department of Pediatrics, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan.

J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2018 Sep - Oct;6(5):1496-1504

UNC Kidney Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) (formerly Churg-Strauss syndrome) is a small vessel vasculitis associated with asthma and eosinophilia. Despite its rarity, continuous gains are being made in understanding the disease with knowledge advancements regarding its epidemiology, heterogeneous clinical manifestations, management, and outcomes. Large knowledge gaps remain, however, particularly surrounding pathophysiologic and diagnostic uncertainties. Read More

J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2018 Sep - Oct;6(5):1439-1444

Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis. Electronic address:

The roles eosinophils are recognized to play in health and disease continue to evolve. Formerly, eosinophils were believed to fill a primary role in host defense against helminths, an intermediary one in the propagation of allergic conditions, and a pathologic one in clinical conditions characterized by systemic eosinophilia and eosinophilic infiltration of target organs. Eosinophils are increasingly understood to be positioned centrally within mammalian immune and inflammatory networks, possessing receptors for an array of inflammatory mediators and capable of producing numerous proinflammatory and homeostatic mediators. Read More

Rev Med Liege 2018 Sep;73(9):439-441

Service de Pneumologie pédiatrique, CHU UCL Namur (site de Dinant), Belgique.

Acute idiopathic eosinophilic pneumonia is a very rare cause of interstitial lung disease in children. Pathophysiological mechanisms and etiology remain poorly understood. It manifests as a febrile dyspnea, progressively worsening. Read More

Curr Hypertens Rev 2019 ;15(1):8-12

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles-90033 CA, United States.

Background: Acute eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) is a rare form of heart failure that is characterized by myocardial eosinophilic infiltration usually in association with peripheral eosinophilia. The underlying cause is variable and can include allergic reactions, parasitic infection, idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome, malignancy, Loeffler's syndrome, Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS), early giant cell myocarditis and malignancy. The course is potentially fatal, and early diagnosis and treatment with steroids is essential. Read More

Can J Cardiol 2018 Sep 5;34(9):1233.e13-1233.e15. Epub 2018 Jun 5.

Pathology Department, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal; Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Forensic Pathology, Central Branch, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Coimbra, Portugal.

Hypereosinophilic syndrome is characterized by an overproduction of eosinophils that infiltrate and damage multiple organs. Cardiac dysfunction occurs frequently and is a main cause of morbidity and mortality. We describe the case of a middle-aged man diagnosed with a myeloproliferative neoplasm associated with hypereosinophilia and treated with imatinib. Read More

Med Ultrason 2018 Aug;20(3):399-400

"Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest.

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Internist (Berl) 2018 09;59(9):898-910

Abt. für Rheumatologie, Immunologie und Rehabilitation, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Schweiz.

Eosinophilic granulocytes form peripheral effector cells controlled by Th2 lymphocytes, which cause local cell, tissue, and functional disorders of infiltrated organs via the release of cytotoxic basic proteins and oxygen radicals. Diseases associated with eosinophilia include systemic and organ-related forms. The lungs are involved in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA, formerly known as Churg-Strauss syndrome), acute and chronic eosinophilic pneumonia, as well as in an organ manifestation in hypereosinophilic syndrome and certain parasitic diseases. Read More

Kardiol Pol 2018 ;76(8):1279

II Katedra i Oddział Kliniczny Kardiologii w Zabrzu Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny.

S D Med 2018 Aug;71(8):362-366

Sanford Children's Hospital, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic immune-mediated esophageal inflammatory disease that is becoming more widely recognized as a cause of feeding difficulties in infants and young children, as well as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)-like symptoms, dysphagia, and food impaction in children and adolescents. The diagnosis of EoE is clinicopathologic, based on endoscopic, histologic, and clinical findings. Patients with suspected eosinophilic esophagitis require an endoscopy with biopsies. Read More

Am J Hematol 2018 11 26;93(11):1337-1346. Epub 2018 Sep 26.

Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

The work-up of patients with hypereosinophilia (HE) is complex. Following the recently revised World Health Organization criteria, we retrospectively reviewed 125 patients who were referred to us to exclude a neoplastic cause of HE (2003-2016). The clinical laboratory work-up confirmed secondary HE in 25 (20%) patients; myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms with rearrangements of PDGFRA (n = 9) or PDGFRB (n = 2) (9%); HE associated with a well-defined myeloid neoplasm in 8 (6%); and abnormal bone marrow and/or molecular genetic abnormalities consistent with chronic eosinophilic leukemia (CEL), not otherwise specified (NOS) in 21 (17%) patients. Read More

Intern Med 2018 Dec 10;57(24):3507-3514. Epub 2018 Aug 10.

Division of Pulmonary Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kochi Hospital, Japan.

Objective Human intelectin-1 (hITLN-1) binds to galactofuranosyl residues, which are present in the microbial cell wall, but which are absent in mammalian tissues, and has been suggested to play an immunological role against microorganisms. However, the involvement of hITLN-1 in the pathogenesis of diffuse pulmonary diseases remains unknown. The aim of this study was to compare the hITLN-1 concentrations in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid of patients with diffuse pulmonary diseases. Read More

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2018 11 7;18(11):638-640. Epub 2018 Aug 7.

1 Department of Pathobiological Sciences, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

An 8-year-old male from south Louisiana was diagnosed with Loeffler syndrome of suspected Ascaris origin. Further investigation of the farm recovered larvated, infective Ascaris eggs from the soil in drains surrounding pens on the family's small hog farm. Molecular analysis of the recovered eggs, in conjunction with Ascaris-specific IgE, inadequate farm management and sanitation, and behavioral risk factors indicate the patient had an Ascaris suum soil-transmitted infection. Read More

CASE (Phila) 2018 Jun 14;2(3):114-117. Epub 2018 Apr 14.

East Carolina Heart Institute, Greenville, North Carolina.

Int J Surg Case Rep 2018 20;49:251-254. Epub 2018 Jul 20.

Takahashi Breast and Gastroenterology Clinic, Yamazaki Seiren Bldg. 2F, 6-2-22, Uehonmachi, Tennoji-Ku, Osaka City, Osaka 543-0001, Japan. Electronic address:

Introduction: Eosinophilic mastitis caused by eosinophil infiltration of the mammary gland is very rare. To date, no report has been published on treating patients with this disorder using anti-allergic drugs. Steroids are commonly used in these cases, but have greater burden. Read More

Respir Med 2018 08 28;141:81-86. Epub 2018 Jun 28.

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Background: Eosinophilic asthma is characterized by persistently elevated blood eosinophils, adult-onset asthma and corticosteroid resistance. For stratified medicine purposes one single measurement of blood eosinophils or exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) is commonly used. The aim of this study was to investigate in patients with new-onset asthma whether persistent blood eosinophilia can be predicted with one single measurement of these biomarkers. Read More

Cornea 2018 Oct;37(10):1326-1327

Department of Ophthalmology, National Institution of Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.

Purpose: To report a case of ocular findings associated with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP).

Case: A 63-year-old man was referred to the National Institution of Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center with bilateral eyelid swelling due to giant papillomatous changes, each measuring approximately 10 mm in diameter with severe hyperemia on the tarsal conjunctiva. He was followed for CEP for 8 years and systemically treated with 6 mg oral prednisolone for an average of 5 years. Read More

Pulm Circ 2019 Jan-Mar;9(1):2045894018793999. Epub 2018 Jul 23.

1 Center of Cardiovascular Medicine, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.

Hypereosinophilic syndrome is a myeloproliferative disorder characterized by persistent eosinophilia with involvement of multiple organs. The occurrence of severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) in the setting of hypereosinophilic syndrome is very uncommon. A 43-year-old man with documented idiopathic hypereosinophlic syndrome presented to the hospital with symptoms of paroxysmal chest discomfort and progressive exertional dyspnea. Read More

Am J Clin Pathol 2018 Oct;150(5):421-431

Division of Hematopathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Objectives: Determine ancillary test utilization for the workup of isolated eosinophilia in otherwise morphologically unremarkable bone marrow (BM).

Methods: We evaluated BM ancillary testing performed in cases with isolated eosinophilia and otherwise morphologically unremarkable BM. Cases with abnormal morphology (eg, dysplasia, basophilia) and/or findings suggestive of a disorder (eg, unexplained thromboses, lymphoma) are specifically excluded. Read More