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Eosinophilia of Unknown Cause
FREDRIC L. HILDEBRAND, MD;
NORMAN A. CHRISTENSEN, MD;
DAVID G. HANLON, MD
Arch Intern Med. 1964;113(1):129-134.
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Eosinophilia occurs regularly in a number of benign and malignant diseases. Occasionally, however, it may occur unexpectedly and without apparent cause. In these instances every effort should be made to determine the cause of the eosinophilia, in view of its frequent association with serious occult disease.
Wintrobe has listed the causes of eosinophilia as follows: (1) allergic disorders: bronchial asthma, urticaria, angioneurotic edema, and hay fever; (2) cutaneous diseases, especially pemphigus and dermatitis herpetiformis; (3) parasitic infestations, especially parasites which invade the tissues such as trichinae, echinococci, and, less regularly, intestinal parasites; (4) Loeffler's syndrome; "tropical eosinophilia"; (5) infections such as scarlet fever, chorea, erythema multiforme; (6) diseases of the hemopoietic system, namely, chronic myelocytic leukemia, erythremia, Hodgkin's disease, the postsplenectomy state, and pernicious anemia; (7) irradiation; (8) miscellaneous disorders such as periarteritis nodosa, tumors of the ovary or those involving serous surfaces or bones, sarcoidosis, and certain poisons; and
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Author Affiliations
ROCHESTER, MINN
Fellow in Medicine, Mayo Foundation (Dr. Hildebrand); Section of Medicine (Drs. Christensen and Hanlon).; Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation.
Footnotes
Received for publication May 24, 1963; accepted July 19.
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