Diseases

Hypereosinophilic Syndrome

A heterogeneous group of disorders with the common feature of prolonged eosinophilia of unknown cause and associated organ system dysfunction, including the heart, central nervous system, kidneys, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, and skin. There is a massive increase in the number of EOSINOPHILS in the blood, mimicking leukemia, and extensive eosinophilic infiltration of the various organs.

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A heterogeneous group of disorders with the common feature of prolonged eosinophilia of unknown cause and associated organ system dysfunction, including the heart, central nervous system, kidneys, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, and skin. There is a massive increase in the number of EOSINOPHILS in the blood, mimicking leukemia, and extensive eosinophilic infiltration of the various organs.

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19 entry terms
  • Hypereosinophilic Syndromes
  • Syndrome, Hypereosinophilic
  • Syndromes, Hypereosinophilic
  • Endocarditis, Loeffler
  • Endocarditis, Loeffler's
  • Hypereosinophilic Syndrome, Idiopathic
  • Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
  • Leukemia, Eosinophilic
  • Loeffler Endocarditis
  • Loeffler's Endocarditis
  • Endocarditis, Loefflers
  • Eosinophilic Leukemia
  • Eosinophilic Leukemias
  • Hypereosinophilic Syndromes, Idiopathic
  • Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndromes
  • Leukemias, Eosinophilic
  • Loefflers Endocarditis
  • Syndrome, Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic
  • Syndromes, Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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do not confuse entry term LOEFFLER'S ENDOCARDITIS with LOEFFLER SYNDROME see PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA

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Previous Indexing

  • Eosinophilia (1966-1993)

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  1. C15.378w.553.231w.549w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hypereosinophilic Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017681. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017681
  2. Hypereosinophilic Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypereosinophilic_syndrome
  3. Hypereosinophilic Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2551272