Two strange cases of hypereosinophilia and child's relapsing angio-oedema.
Two patients aged two and four years came to our observation with "angio-oedema" and relapsing hypodermitis. Atopic diseases were present in both family histories. The clinical examination of both children revealed a good nutritional status, the presence of angio-oedema with fleeting (48 hours max length) and localized hypodermic infiltrations. Amongst laboratory investigations, the blood cells count and the total count of Immunoglobulins showed hypereosinophilia and increased IgE levels over ten times the normal values. Prick tests for the most common inhalant and nutritive allergens were negative. A strong positivity of ELISA for Taenia Solium metacestodes on both sera samples suggested a diagnosis of human cysticercosis.
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G. Di Cristina Children's Hospital, Department of Paediatric, University of Palermo, Palermo. salvoaccomando@hotmail.com
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D000799:Angioedema / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence