A hypereosinophilic syndrome with retinal arteritis and tuberculosis.
Arch Intern Med
; 142(3): 625-7, 1982 Mar.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7065796
ABSTRACT
A 35-year-old man was initially seen with a decrease in visual acuity, renal insufficiency, and elevation of the eosinophil count in the blood. The ocular syndrome was caused by extensive arterial occlusions of the retina. The subsequent apparition of cardiac, pulmonary, and neurologic signs fulfilled the criteria for the diagnosis of hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES). Most symptoms, including ocular, were temporarily but notably improved by hydroxyurea. The patient died after two years. An autopsy showed an endomyocardial fibrosis and disclosed destruction of the left kidney by an active tuberculosis. A pathogenic relationship between the infectious disease and the HES is envisaged.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Arterite
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Artéria Retiniana
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Tuberculose Renal
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Eosinofilia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1982
Tipo de documento:
Article