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Acute Liver Failure Due to Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Accompanied by Duodenal Perforation
- Source :
- Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 61(10)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- A 78-year-old woman presenting with severe acute liver failure was admitted to our hospital. On screening for the etiology of acute liver failure, it was diagnosed as being due to idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (eosinophil count reported as 4766/μL; 33.8% of the white blood cells). Her medical history included marked eosinophilia, as observed six months prior to this admission. Corticosteroid therapy was initiated. During the clinical course, duodenal perforation occurred but was managed promptly by appropriate surgery. A liver biopsy, following the initiation of corticosteroid therapy, revealed degenerating hepatic cells with mild eosinophilic infiltration. With corticosteroid therapy, the liver function improved.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Biopsy
Gastroenterology
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Internal medicine
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
Internal Medicine
medicine
Eosinophilia
Humans
Medical history
Duodenal Perforation
Aged
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Hypereosinophilic syndrome
General Medicine
Eosinophil
Liver Failure, Acute
medicine.disease
medicine.anatomical_structure
Liver biopsy
Duodenal Ulcer
Peptic Ulcer Perforation
Etiology
Female
Liver function
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13497235
- Volume :
- 61
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8aab2168f8d428c40d0b04ab3a0adbe7