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LIVER IMAGES Liver masses and eosinophilia DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2007.01587.x Hypereosinophilic syndrome is characterized by per- ipheral eosinophilia, end-organ involvement and exclusion of other causes for eosinophilia. Liver involvement in hypereosinophlic syndromes are un- common and have mostly been reported to include veno-occlusive disease, chronic active hepatitis with piecemeal necrosis and cholestatic liver disease. Dis- crete liver mass or masses are exceedingly rare and has only been reported in two other case reports. We report such a case of a 52-year-old woman with hypereosinophilic syndrome presenting in the form of recurrent abdominal pain and liver masses. Biopsy of the liver masses showed marked eosinophlic infil- tration. There was complete resolution of the symp- toms and liver masses after treatment with prednisone. Michelle Lai 1 , Nezam Afdhal 1 and Tracy Challies 2 1 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Hepatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA 2 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA E-mail: [email protected] Liver International (2008) 150 c 2008 The Authors. Journal compilation c 2008 Blackwell Munksgaard
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L IVER IMAGES
Livermasses and eosinophilia
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2007.01587.x
Hypereosinophilic syndrome is characterized by per-ipheral eosinophilia, end-organ involvement andexclusion of other causes for eosinophilia. Liverinvolvement in hypereosinophlic syndromes are un-common and have mostly been reported to includeveno-occlusive disease, chronic active hepatitis withpiecemeal necrosis and cholestatic liver disease. Dis-crete liver mass or masses are exceedingly rare and hasonly been reported in two other case reports. Wereport such a case of a 52-year-old woman withhypereosinophilic syndrome presenting in the form
of recurrent abdominal pain and liver masses. Biopsyof the liver masses showed marked eosinophlic infil-tration. There was complete resolution of the symp-toms and liver masses after treatment with prednisone.
Michelle Lai1, Nezam Afdhal1 and Tracy Challies2
1 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division ofHepatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
2 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division ofPathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
E-mail: [email protected]
Liver International (2008)150 c� 2008 The Authors. Journal compilation c� 2008 Blackwell Munksgaard
