Extreme eosinophilia caused by interleukin-5-producing disseminated colon cancer

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 328-330

  Kato, Hiroki ^a   Kohata, Katsura ^a   Yamamoto, Joji ^a   Ichikawa, Satoshi ^a   Watanabe, Mika ^a   Ishizawa, Kenichi ^a   Ichinohasama, Ryo ^a   Harigae, Hideo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA; INTERLEUKIN 5; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALAISE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-5; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77950918381     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-010-0491-2     Document Type: Letter

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