A rare case of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome involving the oral activity associated with the esophagus and gastrointestinal tract

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 336-339

  Watanabe, Michi ^a   Matsui, Noriaki ^a   Hamada, Syuji ^a   Ohuchi, Jiro ^a   Shimohashi, Naoya ^a   Katoh, Masaki ^a   Kunisaki, Makoto ^a   Tanabe, Yuichi ^a   Hashimoto, Toshihiko ^a   Yoshida, Kisaku ^a   Uryu, Hideoki ^b   Yamamoto, Hidetaka ^b  

^a Fukuoka City Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digestive system; Eosinophilia; HES; Lip biopsy; Oral mucosa; Prednisolone therapy

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BUDESONIDE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; DYSPHAGIA; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LIP BIOPSY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NECK MUSCLE; OCCULT BLOOD; PHARYNX DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THICKNESS;

DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGUS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PREDNISOLONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2542487478     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.336     Document Type: Article

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