Open AccessCASE OF A DRESS SYNDROME WITH EOSINOPHILIC PNEUMONIA
Author(s) -
И И Воржева,
Boris V. Chernyak,
И И Воржева,
Boris V. Chernyak
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
rossijskij allergologičeskij žurnal
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.