An 85-Year-Old Man with Fever, Dyspnea, and Dry Cough Diagnosed with Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome, Successfully Treated with High-Dose Corticosteroids

Priya Goyal; Shibba Takkar Chhabra; Rohit Tandon; Bhavuk Jaiswal; Nikita Sharma

doi:10.12659/AJCR.941241

11 December 2023 : Case report India

An 85-Year-Old Man with Fever, Dyspnea, and Dry Cough Diagnosed with Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome, Successfully Treated with High-Dose Corticosteroids

Challenging differential diagnosis, Management of emergency care, Rare disease, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)

Priya Goyal^1CDEFG*, Shibba Takkar Chhabra^1AF, Rohit Tandon^1F, Bhavuk Jaiswal

^1BCD, Nikita Sharma^1F

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.941241

Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e941241

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Figure 1. A transverse thoracic computed tomography (CT) image of an 85-year-old man with cough and dyspnea. Multiple clusters of centrilobular nodules with surrounding ground-glass opacities are seen in B/L upper lobes (superior segment of right lower lobe and left lower lobe) shown by red arrow. Smooth interlobular septal thickening surrounding lung parenchyma shown by yellow arrow. No evidence of tumor or lung fibrosis is seen.

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An 85-Year-Old Man with Fever, Dyspnea, and Dry Cough Diagnosed with Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome, Successfully Treated with High-Dose Corticosteroids

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