Neurotoxicity of idiopathic hypereosinophilia on a case with simultaneous CNS and PNS involvement

Ital J Neurol Sci. 1993 Apr;14(3):259-62. doi: 10.1007/BF02335668.

Abstract

We report the case of a patient with idiopathic hypereosinophilia in whom both central and peripheral nervous systems were affected. We discuss possible pathogenetic mechanisms explaining the neurotoxicity of idiopathic hypereosinophilia. Corticosteroid therapy should be given early and continued indefinitely.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Brain / pathology
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
  • Eosinophilia / complications*
  • Eosinophilia / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / pathology
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Sural Nerve / pathology

Substances

  • Prednisone