CASE OF A DRESS SYNDROME WITH EOSINOPHILIC PNEUMONIA | Zendy

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CASE OF A DRESS SYNDROME WITH EOSINOPHILIC PNEUMONIA

Author(s) -

И И Воржева,

Boris V. Chernyak

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

russian journal of allergy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2686-682X

pISSN - 1810-8830

DOI - 10.36691/rja808

Subject(s) - medicine , prednisolone , eosinophilia , eosinophilic pneumonia , sputum , hepatitis , leukocytosis , pneumonia , dermatology , eosinophilic , pulmonary eosinophilia , pathology , gastroenterology , surgery , lung , eosinophil , respiratory disease , tuberculosis , asthma

The case of the DRESS syndrome developed at the 64 years old patient after carbamazepine intake is reported.Clinical manifestation of a DRESS syndrome was characterized by a fever, leucocytosis, high eosinophilia ofperipheral blood and sputum, multivisceral involving: skin (maculopapular exanthema), liver (hepatitis), lungs(eosinophilic pneumonia), lymphadenopathy. Treatment with prednisolone for two months (a starting doze of60 mg /day) caused full recovery of the patient.

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