Name
LOEFFLERS SYNDROME
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
D.D. : ( CAUSES OF PULMONARY INFILTRATES WITH EOSINOPHELIA ) A. ETIOLOGY KNOWN - ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY MYCOSES ( LIKE ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS ) - PARASITIC INFESTATIONS ( LIKE TROPICAL EOSINOPHELIA ) CAUSED BY FILARIA, ASCARIS, ANCHYLOSTOMA, TOXOCARA, STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS - DRUG REACTIONS EG.NITROFURANTOIN ,SULPHONAMIDES, PENICILLIN, CHLORPROPAMIDE, THIAZIDES, TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS, HYDRALAZINE, MEPHENESIN, MECAMYLAMINE, GOLD SALTS, ISONIAZID, PAS. - EOSINOPHELIA-MYALGIA SYNDROME B. ETIOLOGY UNKNOWN ( IDIOPATHIC ) - LOEFFLERS SYNDROME - CHR EOSINOPHILIC PNEUMONIA - AC EOSINOPHILIC PNEUMONIA - ALLERGIC GRANULOMATOSIS OF CHURG & STRAUSS - HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROMEOTHER TESTS : * X-RAY CHEST - MIGRATORY PULMONARY INFILTRATES * PERIPHERAL EOSINOPHIL COUNT - HIGH
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
ABSOLUTE EOSINOPHIL COUNT, X-RAY CHEST P.A. VIEW( NORMAL ), COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT