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Shim, Moon, Hwang, Do, Park, Chung, Kim, Chang, Kim, Cho, and Kim: A Case of Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Presenting with Bilateral Pleural Effusions & Recurrent Bilateral Pneumothoraces
Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2004; 57(5): 470-475.

Published online: 30 November 2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2004.57.5.470

A Case of Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Presenting with Bilateral Pleural Effusions & Recurrent Bilateral Pneumothoraces

Jae Min Shim, M.D.1, Jin Wook Moon, M.D.1, Sang Yun Hwang, M.D.1, Mi Young Do, M.D.1, Moo Suk Park, M.D.1, Jae Ho Chung, M.D.5, Young Sam Kim, M.D.1, 3, Joon Chang, M.D.1, 3, Sung Kyu Kim, M.D.1, 3, Sang Ho Cho, M.D.2, Se Kyu Kim, M.D.1, 3, 4

1Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

2Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

3The Institute of Chest Diseases, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

4Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Sciences Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

5Department of Internal Medicine, Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.

Address for correspondence: Se Kyu Kim, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemun-Ku, Seoul, Korea. Phone: 02-361-5429, Fax: 02-393-6884, sekyukim@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr

Received 10 May 2004       Accepted 24 August 2004

Copyright©2004. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. All rights reserved.

Abstract

Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a disorder characterized by prolonged eosinophilia without an identifiable cause and eosinophil related tissue damage in multiple organs including heart, lung, skin, gastrointestinal tract, liver, and the nervous systems. Pulmonary involvement occurs in about 40% of HES cases, but pleural effusion due to pleuritis and bilateral pneumothoraces are very rare manifestations.
We report a case of hypereosinophilic syndrome presented with bilateral pleural effusions and recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a 44 year-old male with brief review of the literature.

Keywords: Hypereosinophilic syndrome, Pleural effusion, Pneumothorax

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