TROPICAL EOSINOPHILIA (FOLLOWED FOR SEVEN YEARS)
Authors: J J LEVIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Case Reports1 June 1956TROPICAL EOSINOPHILIA (FOLLOWED FOR SEVEN YEARS)JACK J. LEVIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.JACK J. LEVIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-44-6-1264 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTropical diseases have always been of interest to the medical profession, for these exotic diseases carry with them the atmosphere of foreign climates, fascinating names and bizarre symptomatology. Interest in diseases of the tropics was greatly stimulated by World War II and the Korean conflict, because so many American physicians were stationed in regions where these diseases are prevalent, and, more important, because many Americans, now returned to civilian life, contracted these diseases and are still presenting diagnostic problems. Tropical eosinophilia, a disease process named by Weingarten1but previously described by others,2-8is of particular importance since specific and effective...Bibliography1. Weingarten RJ: Tropical eosinophilia, Lancet 1: 103-105, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Frimodt-MöllerBarton CRM: Pseudo-tuberculous condition associated with eosinophilia, Indian M. Gaz. 75: 577-581 (Oct.) 1940. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. Griffin HA: Persistent eosinophilia with hyperleukoglosis and splenomegaly, Am. J. M. Sc. 158: 618, 1919, cited by van der Sar and Hartz.11 Google Scholar4. AubertinGiroux CL: Existe-t-il une leucemie a eosinophiles, Presse méd. 29: 314, 1921, cited by van der Sar and Hartz.11 Google Scholar5. McDonaldShaw SB: Persistent eosinophilia with splenomegaly, Brit. M. J. 2: 966, 1922, cited by van der Sar and Hartz.11 Google Scholar6. DeLangenDjamil COM: Idiopathishe hypereosinophilie, Geneesk. tijdschr. v. Nederl.-Indië 63: 406-419, 1923, cited by van der Sar and Hartz.11 Google Scholar7. ValledorMendozaPedrera TRJ: Sindrome leucemoide eosinofilico, con emagen seudogranulica pulmonar, de forma prolongoda y evolucion regreswa en la infancia, Bol. Soc. cubana de pediat. 11: 207, 1939, cited by van der Sar and Hartz.11 Google Scholar8. MeyersKouwenaar FMW: Hypereosinophilia and an unusual form of filariasis, Geneesk. tijdschr. v. Nederl.-Indië 79: 853, 1939. Google Scholar9. Emerson KJ: Tropical eosinophilia, U. S. Nav. M. Bull. 42: 118 (Jan.) 1944. Google Scholar10. HerstMcCann WRWJ: Tropical eosinophilia, U. S. Nav. M. Bull. 44: 1277 (June) 1945. Google Scholar11. van der SarHartz AH: The syndrome, tropical eosinophilia and microfilariasis, Am. J. Trop. Med. 25: 83-96 (Mar.) 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. HodesWood PJFC: Eosinophilic lung, Am. J. M. Sc. 210: 288 (Sept.) 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. Wilson HT: Tropical eosinophilia in East Africa, Brit. M. J. 1: 801-804, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. Hartzvan der Sar PHA: Tropical eosinophilia in filariasis, Am. J. Clin. Path. 18: 637-644, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. Telles W: Tropical eosinophilia, Hospital, Rio de Janeiro 31: 671-814 (May) 1947, and J. A. M. A. 135: 1574 (Aug. 30) 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar16. Carterd'Abrera HFVS: Mites (acarina), a probable factor in the etiology of spastic bronchitis and asthma associated with high eosinophilia, Tr. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. and Hyg. 39: 373-387 (Apr.) 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17. MortonJones PHCC: Tropical eosinophilia with report of case treated with penicillin, Ann. Int. Med. 31: 1112-1117 (Dec.) 1949. LinkGoogle Scholar18. Treu R: Pseudo-tuberculosis of lung with eosinophilia, Indian M. Gaz. 79: 511-514 (Nov.) 1944. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Wood, Wisconsin*Received for publication April 11, 1955.From the Veterans Administration Hospital, Wood, Wisconsin, and Marquette University School of Medicine, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTropical eosinophilia 1 June 1956Volume 44, Issue 6Page: 1264-1269KeywordsAsthmaCoccidioidomycosisEosinophiliaFatigueFilariasisHospital medicineParasitic diseasesSchistosomiasisTropical diseasesTuberculosis Issue Published: 1 June 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...