Eosinophilia

Etiology

  • Drug hypersensitivity
  • Allergic state, eg, asthma, urticaria, atopic dermatitis
  • Tissue invasion by parasites, eg, ascariasis, visceral larva migrans
  • Other skin disorder, eg, pemphigoid, dermatitis herpetiformis
  • Malignancy, especially lymphoma
  • Connective tissue disease, eg, Churg-Strauss syndrome, polyarteritis nodosa, eosinophilic fasciitis
  • Eosinophilic pulmonary syndrome
  • Fungal infection, eg, coccidioidomycosis
  • Idiopathic
  • Other: adrenal insufficiency, cholesterol emboli, eosinophilic leukemia

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Last updated: December 1, 2014