title: The non-casual relation between eosinophilia and thrombotic microangiopathy.
abstract: There are only a few cases in the literature that describes the association between hypereosinophilic syndromes and thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). Here we present the case of a man who suddenly developed a TMA in the context of eosinophilic pneumonia, who recovered successfully with six sessions of plasmapheresis and corticoids. Although the Pathophysiology is unknown, we hypothesize about the prothrombotic effects of the eosinophils. Also we describe a literature review.
authors.affiliation: HGU-Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. claudiayustelozano@yahoo.es
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yuste
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Quiroga
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Verde
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barraca
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Reque
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perez de Jose
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luño
mesh_terms: D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy; D057049:Thrombotic Microangiopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy