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Document Details : Title: Excessive eosinophilia as paraneoplastic syndrome in a patient with non-smll-cell lung carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature Author(s): VERSTRAETEN AS, DE WEERDT A, VAN DEN EYNDEN G, VAN MARCK E, SNOECKX A, JORENS PG Journal: Acta Clinica Belgica Volume: 66 Issue: 4 Date: 2011 Pages: 293-297 DOI: 10.2143/ACB.66.4.1002976 Abstract : Hypereosinophilia is a phenomenon which is associated with a broad variety of allergic, infectious, paraneoplastic and systemic diseases. Depending on the aetiology, these disorders differ in severity from self-limiting to life-threatening. Although it is well known that hypereosinophilia can occur in association with a solid tumour, exact numbers of incidence are lacking. We describe a patient with respiratory insufficiency and an elevated level of eosinophils in the peripheral blood. A diagnostic work-up revealed the presence of a disseminated non-small-cell carcinoma of the lung; an association not frequently described. |
