Open AccessPeripheral eosinophilia in a case of adenocarcinoma lung: A rare association
Author(s) -
Motilal Bunkar,
Shalini S. Arya,
Rajendra Prasad Takhar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of association of chest physicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2320-9089
pISSN - 2320-8775
DOI - 10.4103/2320-8775.158859
Subject(s) - hypereosinophilia , eosinophilia , medicine , etiology , adenocarcinoma , incidence (geometry) , adenocarcinoma of the lung , peripheral , lung , limiting , pathology , dermatology , cancer , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering
Hypereosinophilia is a condition which coexists with a wide variety of allergic, infectious, paraneoplastic, and various systemic illnesses. These disorders may differ in severity varying from self-limiting to life-threatening on the basis of etiology. It is well-known fact that hypereosinophilia can occur in relation with a solid tumor; however, exact numbers of incidence are unknown. We present a case report of peripheral eosinophilia in a case of adenocarcinoma of the lung; a relation which is not frequently described in known literature