ALLMedicine™ Eosinophilia Center

Jan 25th, 2021 - Hypereosinophilic syndrome is defined as persistent eosinophilia in the blood for more than 6 months, without any identifiable cause and with end-organ involvement evidence. Cardiac manifestations of HES include heart failure due to restrictive ca...

Jan 24th, 2021 - Peripheral blood eosinophilia is identified in numerous medical conditions associated with allergic, infectious, and inflammatory processes mostly as reactive eosinophilia with or without tissue eosinophilia. In hospitalized neonates, eosinophilia...

Jan 23rd, 2021 - Sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia (SMECE) is a rare malignancy in the thyroid: only 56 cases with histologic descriptions are reported in the literature and fewer reports describe the cytomorphology. Given the rarity of SMECE, ...

Jan 23rd, 2021 - Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is characterized by symmetrical thickening of subcutaneous muscular fascia, causing skin induration with wrinkles and prominent hair follicles: the classic peau d'orange. Eosinophilia is a characteristic-albeit not univ...

Jan 20th, 2021 - Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is an idiosyncratic drug reaction following a characteristic long latency period. It is previously known as drug induced delayed multiorgan hypersensitivity syndrome (DIDMOHS) ...

Jun 24th, 2019 - Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP), drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome, and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS)/toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are types of adverse drug reactions (ADRs), each with their ...

Jul 16th, 2018 - Over the last decade, clinical experiences and research studies raised concerns regarding use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) as part of the diagnostic strategy for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). We aimed to clarify the use of PPIs in the evalua...

Mar 22nd, 2017 - Asthma is a heterogeneous disease. The Czech Pneumology and Allergology Societies commissioned 10 experts to review the literature and create joint national guidelines for managing asthma, reflecting this heterogeneity. The aim was to develop an e...

Jan 23rd, 2017 - Guideline for the investigation and management of eosinophilia.|2017|Butt NM,Lambert J,Ali S,Beer PA,Cross NC,|diagnosis,epidemiology,etiology,therapy,

Dec 19th, 2015 - Consensus diagnostic recommendations to distinguish GORD from eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) by response to a trial of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) unexpectedly uncovered an entity called 'PPI-responsive oesophageal eosinophilia' (PPI-REE). PPI-...

Jan 25th, 2021 - Hypereosinophilic syndrome is defined as persistent eosinophilia in the blood for more than 6 months, without any identifiable cause and with end-organ involvement evidence. Cardiac manifestations of HES include heart failure due to restrictive ca...

Jan 24th, 2021 - Peripheral blood eosinophilia is identified in numerous medical conditions associated with allergic, infectious, and inflammatory processes mostly as reactive eosinophilia with or without tissue eosinophilia. In hospitalized neonates, eosinophilia...

Jan 23rd, 2021 - Sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia (SMECE) is a rare malignancy in the thyroid: only 56 cases with histologic descriptions are reported in the literature and fewer reports describe the cytomorphology. Given the rarity of SMECE, ...

Jan 23rd, 2021 - Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is characterized by symmetrical thickening of subcutaneous muscular fascia, causing skin induration with wrinkles and prominent hair follicles: the classic peau d'orange. Eosinophilia is a characteristic-albeit not univ...

Jan 20th, 2021 - Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is an idiosyncratic drug reaction following a characteristic long latency period. It is previously known as drug induced delayed multiorgan hypersensitivity syndrome (DIDMOHS) ...

Jul 5th, 2020 - Figure 1. Sputum culture Although the sputum eosinophilia level is the gold standard for diagnosing EA, this approach is not common because sputum processing and cell counting are too technical for most clinical centers. Nonetheless, there is cons...

May 10th, 2020 - In May 2020, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute and the Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters (JTF) from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology/American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology issued clini...

Apr 2nd, 2020 - Almost all patients who develop gastrointestinal side effects from oral immunotherapy for severe food allergies develop some degree of esophageal eosinophilia, but that eventually resolves in most of them after a year of treatment, according to re.

Mar 17th, 2020 - The T2 biomarkers available for clinical use are quantitative sputum cytometry, blood eosinophil count, FeNO, and serum IgE. Although it is not helpful in managing mild to moderate asthma, sputum quantitative cytometry has consistently been shown ...

Oct 8th, 2019 - Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a noncontagious, chronic, autoimmune disease that has two principal forms: limited SSc (lSSc) or diffuse SSc (dSSc), which is typically progressive. The patient workup for SSc uses various laboratory and imaging studies...