1. Hypereosinophilic syndrome complicated by severe vascular damage and gangrene
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Thilo Gambichler, MD, Elena S. Kröger, MD, Andrea Tannapfel, MD, Martin Dörler, MD, and Laura Susok, MD
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Surgery ,RD1-811 ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,RC666-701 - Abstract
Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a complex multisystem disease characterized by sustained overproduction of eosinophils. A 40-year-old woman presented with digital ischemia and gangrene on her distal fingers and toes. We diagnosed HES on the basis of marked eosinophilia, accumulation of eosinophils in organs, and cutaneous eosinophilic vasculitis after having excluded all differential diagnoses. On digital subtraction angiography, occlusion of several arteries of both lower legs was noted. HES may be associated with severe vascular damage including gangrene. The occurrence of digital gangrene is a differential diagnostic challenge that should also include investigations of blood parameters, such as eosinophils.
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- 2019
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