Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia, Cause Unknown, Treatment Dramatically Effective
Authors: ROBERT H. PETER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1963)

Case Studies1 August 1963Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia, Cause Unknown, Treatment Dramatically EffectiveROBERT H. PETER, M.D., MILTON F. CAMPBELL, M.D.ROBERT H. PETER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MILTON F. CAMPBELL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-59-2-231 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDuring the last 3 decades, an increasing number of foreign students have been enrolled in colleges and universities in the United States. It is, therefore, quite probable that the physician will, on occasion, come upon a disease rarely seen and relatively unheard of in this country. One such unusual case, recently encountered in Duke Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, was a problem in a Pakistani student with a pulmonary infiltrative disease and a massive eosinophilia. It is the purpose of this paper to report and discuss the first case seen here of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia and to review the literature, which...References1. DALRYMPLE W: Tropical eosinophilia. New Eng. J. Med. 252: 585, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. FRIMODT-MÖLLERBARTON CR: Pseudo-tuberculosis condition associated with eosinophilia. Indian Med. Gaz. 75: 607, 1940. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. WEINGARTEN RJ: Tropical eosinophilia. Lancet 1: 103, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. LAL HB: Tropical eosinophilia. Indian Med. Gaz. 80: 30, 1945. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. MENON IG: Tropical eosinophilia. Ibid., 24. Google Scholar6. VISWANATHAN R: Pulmonary eosinophilosis. Ibid., 392. Google Scholar7. CROFTONLIVINGSTONOSWALDROBERTS JWJLNCAT: Pulmonary eosinophilia. Thorax 7: 1, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. COUTINHO A: Tropical eosinophilia: clinical, therapeutic, and etiological considerations. Experimental work. Ann. Intern. Med. 44: 88, 1956. LinkGoogle Scholar9. KHOODANARAJ FYTJ: The roentgenographic appearance of eosinophilic lung. Amer. J. Roentgen. 83: 251, 1960. Google Scholar10. HODESWOOD PJFC: Eosinophilic lung. Amer. J. Med. Sci. 210: 88, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. VAN DER SARHARTZ AH: The syndrome, tropical eosinophilia and microfilaria. Amer. J. Trop. Med. 25: 83, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. IRWIN JW: Tropical eosinophilia. Ann. Intern. Med. 25: 329, 1946. LinkGoogle Scholar13. WEBBJOBGAULT JKCKEW: Tropical eosinophilia: demonstrations of microfilariae in lung, liver and lymph nodes. Lancet 1: 835, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. DANARAJDA SILVASCHACHER TJLSJF: The serological diagnosis of eosinophilic lung (tropical eosinophilia) and its etiological complications. Amer. J. Trop. Med. 8: 151, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. GANATRASHETHLEWIS RDUKRA: Diethylcarbamazine (Hetrazan) in tropical eosinophilia. Ind. J. Med. Res. 46: 205, 1958. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: ROBERT H. PETER, M.D.; MILTON F. CAMPBELL, M.D.Affiliations: Durham, North CarolinaFrom the Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Robert H. Peter, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, New Haven 11, Connecticut. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTropical pulmonary diseasesThe Allergist and the Eosinophil 1 August 1963Volume 59, Issue 2Page: 231-236KeywordsEosinophiliaPulmonary diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1963 PDF downloadLoading ...