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EOSINOPHILIA [>0.4x109/l] |
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allergies |
drug reactions extrinsic allergic alveolitis asthma |
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parasites |
Ascaris Toxocara Filaria Ankylostoma 'tropical eosinophilia' |
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non-parasitic
infections |
tuberculosis HIV/AIDS scarlet fever coccidioidomycosis |
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vasculitis / collagen disease |
Wegener's granulomatosis polyarteritis nodosa rheumatoid arthritis other vasculitides |
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skin disease |
eczema (atopic dermatitis) urticaria scabies pemphigus vulgaris bullous pemphigoid dermatitis herpetiformis erythema multiforme eosinophilic cellulitis (Well's syndrome) |
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gastrointestinal
disease |
inflammatory bowel disease chronic pancreatitis eosinophilic cholangitis eosinophilic gastroenteritis |
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neoplastic disease |
Hodgkin's disease and other
lymphomas mycosis fungoides chronic myeloid leukaemia myelofibrosis malignant histiocytosis hypereosinophilic syndrome
(eosinophilic leukaemia) other cancers |
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other causes |
Loeffler's syndrome (simple pulmonary
eosinophilia; idiopathic) familial (hereditary
eosinophilia) Addison's disease eosinophilic granuloma sarcoidosis scarlet fever endocardial fibrosis /
restrictive cardiomyopathy radiation episodic angio-oedema with
eosinophilia eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (L-tryptophan
consumption) cholesterol emboli idiopathic |
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