Case 32. Eosinophilia: reactive or neoplastic?
A diagnosis of eosinophilic leukemia was suspected in a patient who presented with eosinophilia and a mild macrocytic anemia and was found to have trisomy 8. Further tests and the subsequent clinical course permitted an accurate diagnosis.
Fletcher
Sarah
S
Department of Haematology, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
Abdalla
Saad
S
Edwards
Matthew
M
Bain
Barbara J
BJ
D000328:Adult; D000753:Anemia, Refractory / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014314:Trisomy / Q000175:diagnosis