title: [A case of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome].
abstract: Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (IHS) is reported in a 59-year-old farmer. Skin manifestations were represented by pruritic erythemato-squamous and papulonodular lesions, the heart was affected by endomyocardic fibrosis, and periodic intestinal colics denoted a possible gut involvement. A mild and transient beneficial effect was achieved by treatment with antihistamines, sodium-chromoglycate, steroids. Recent studies indicate that IHS hypereosinophilia is caused by interleukins 3 and 5, cytokines able to activate circulating eosinophils and to enhance the survival of these cells.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Dermosifilopatica, I Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pisani
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ruocco
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sacerdoti
mesh_terms: D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Un caso di sindrome ipereosinofilica idiopatica.