Gawlewicz-Mroczka Agnieszka, Przybyszowski Marek, Bochenek Grażyna, Mroczka Maria, Sładek Krzysztof
2nd Chair of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Macieja Jakubowskiego 2, 30-688, Kraków, Poland.
Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Macieja Jakubowskiego 2, 30-688, Kraków, Poland.
Respir Med Case Rep. 2024 Nov 14;52:102136. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2024.102136. eCollection 2024.
Dupilumab is a monoclonal antibody that has recently been introduced for the treatment of asthma. It has the potential to significantly alter the progression and severity of T2 -dependent diseases, including severe asthma. However, dupilumab can cause transient hypereosinophilia. In rare cases, hypereosinophilia can reach high levels and manifest with clinical symptoms. We present the case of a female patient who presented with hypereosinophilia of almost 5000 cells/μL accompanied by erythema nodosum during dupilumab treatment. After stopping and then restarting dupilumab, the patient developed eosinophilic pneumonia. This case highlights the need to monitor blood eosinophil count along with clinical and radiological symptoms in patients receiving dupilumab.
度普利尤单抗是一种最近被用于治疗哮喘的单克隆抗体。它有可能显著改变包括重度哮喘在内的2型依赖性疾病的进展和严重程度。然而,度普利尤单抗可导致短暂性嗜酸性粒细胞增多。在罕见情况下,嗜酸性粒细胞增多可达到高水平并伴有临床症状。我们报告了一例女性患者,在接受度普利尤单抗治疗期间出现了近5000个细胞/μL的嗜酸性粒细胞增多,并伴有结节性红斑。在停用度普利尤单抗后又重新开始使用时,该患者发生了嗜酸性粒细胞性肺炎。该病例凸显了在接受度普利尤单抗治疗的患者中,需要同时监测血液嗜酸性粒细胞计数以及临床和影像学症状。