All issues > Volume 25(4); 1982

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(4):388-392. Published online April 30, 1982.

A Case of Hypereosinophilic Syndrome.

Chul Young Lee¹, Ki Sup Chung¹, Byung Soo Kim¹, Chang Jin Kim², Chan Il Park²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College Medicine, Seoul Korea.
²Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College Medicine, Seoul Korea.

Abstract

Marked eosinophilia is a common finding in many disease, occurring most frequently in allergic and parasitic conditions. A Separate syndrome characterized by peripheral eosinophilia and multisystem eosinophilic infiltration has been reported by many authors with a variety of diagnoses. In 1968, Hardy and Anderson proposed the term hypereosinophilic syndrome to encompass the entire group and in 1975, Chusid reported 14 cases amd reviewed 57 cases in English literatures. We experienced a case of Hypereosinophilic syndrome which showed partial response to prenisolone therapy, and made a review of literatures.

Keywords :Eosinophilia;Hypereosinophilic syndrome