Turkish Journal of Hematology (Sep 2013)

A Case of Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Presenting with Multiorgan Thromboses Associated with Intestinal Obstruction

  • Tao Sui,
  • Qing Li,
  • Li Geng,
  • Xinnv Xu,
  • Yuming Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4274/Tjh.2012.0141
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 3
pp. 311 – 314

Abstract

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Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a disease characterized by persistent hypereosinophilia (>1.5×109/L) for more than 6 months in the absence of other causes of reactive eosinophilia. Patients with HES presenting with multiorgan thromboses are rare. Herein we report a 57-year-old man with HES who presented with deep venous thrombosis of the lower extremities, portal thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and mesenteric venous thrombosis, which led to intestinal obstruction.

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