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J Clin Pathol 2004;57:541-543 doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.015321
  • Case report

Sudden death of a patient with primary hypereosinophilia, colon tumours, and pulmonary emboli

  1. K Uemura1,
  2. M Nakajima1,
  3. N Yamauchi2,
  4. M Fukayama2,
  5. K Yoshida1
  1. 1Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
  2. 2Department of Human and Diagnostic Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr K Uemura
 Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; kuemuram.u-tokyo.ac.jp
  • Accepted 10 January 2004

Abstract

A 33 year old man was admitted to hospital six days after the onset of abdominal pain. There was hypereosinophilia, but the cause could not be identified (primary hypereosinophilia). The hypereosinophilia, high C reactive protein concentration, and gastrointestinal symptoms were alleviated by corticosteroid treatment. Unexpectedly, after this apparent recovery, he was found dead on the 27th day after admission. Necropsy disclosed two solid tumours primarily composed of eosinophils in the ascending and transverse colon. The cause of the sudden death was pulmonary artery emboli, derived from a thrombus in the left iliac vein.

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