title: Hypereosinophilia responding to empirical antihelminthic treatment.
abstract: We report a 20-year-old college student presents with bilateral ankle edema associated with hypereosinophilia following a history of traveling in a rural area. Physical examinations and investigations failed to diagnose any underlying cause. She was treated with antihelminth medication and the edema subsided within a week and the eosinophil counts normalized within two weeks.
authors.affiliation: International Medical University Malaysia, Seremban, Malaysia. manjusri_loh@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Keng-Yin
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Loh
authors.forename: Xin-Er
authors.initials: XE
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000842:Ankle; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics