Successful cyclophosphamide therapy in recurrent eosinophilic colitis associated with hypereosinophilic syndrome.
Eosinophilic colitis is a relatively rare complication of hypereosinophilic syndrome which is characterized by abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea and is usually treated with steroids and hydroxyurea. However, no standard regimen exists in cases of intractable disease despite several treatment attempts with Interferon-alpha, cyclosporin, etoposide, and vincristine, etc. We here report a case of a 43-year-old woman with recurrent eosinophilic colitis as a complication of hypereosinophilic syndrome who was successfully treated with cyclophosphamide.
Lee
Ju Hee
JH
Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Inchon, 400-103, Korea.
Lee
Jin Woo
JW
Jang
Cheol Soon
CS
Kwon
Eun Sang
ES
Min
Hyo Young
HY
Jeong
Seok
S
Kwon
Kye Sook
KS
Lee
Don Haeng
DH
Cho
Hyeon Geun
HG
Kim
Pum Soo
PS
Kim
Hyung Gil
HG
Shin
Yong Woon
YW
Kim
Young Soo
YS
D000328:Adult; D003092:Colitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D012008:Recurrence
D003520:Cyclophosphamide