
Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic syndrome with multiorgan involvement
By: V. Nivethini, A. Hittarage and U. Dissanayake
Abstract
Idiopathic hypereosinophilic Syndrome (HES) is a rare disorder, and a diagnosis of exclusion of primary and secondary HES. Symptoms develop insidiously and hyper eosinophilia is often detected incidentally. It involves skin, liver, lung, gastro intestinal system, blood, bone marrow and central nervous system.
This case study describes about a patient diagnosed as Idiopathic hypereosinophilic Syndrome with bone marrow, lung and liver involvement, who was treated successfully with steroids.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/jmj.v31i1.65 | Journal eISSN: 2651-0200
Language: English
Page range: 33 - 36
Published on: Aug 19, 2019
Published by: The Jaffna Medical Association
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2019 V. Nivethini, A. Hittarage, U. Dissanayake, published by The Jaffna Medical Association
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.