Hovenga S, de Graaf H, Joosten P, van den Berg G A, Storm H, Langerak A W, Kluin Ph M, Kibbelaar R E
Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Centre Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
Neth J Med. 2003 Jan;61(1):25-7.
Hypereosinophilia can be related to various diseases; when it occurs without an obvious cause it is called idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (IHES). We describe a patient with increasing eosinophilia, which in spite of extensive diagnostic procedures initially remained unexplained. However, during follow-up it became apparent that this patient had a lethal enteropathy-associated T lymphoma (EATL) causing the hypereosinophilia.