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CASE OF A DRESS SYNDROME WITH EOSINOPHILIC PNEUMONIA
- Authors: Vorzheva II1, Chernyak BA1, Vorzheva II2, Chernyak BA2
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- Irkutsk State Institute for Medical Doctors Postgraduate Education
- Issue: Vol 8, No 5 (2011)
- Pages: 51-53
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://rusalljournal.ru/raj/article/view/808
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.36691/RJA808
- ID: 808
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Abstract
The case of the DRESS syndrome developed at the 64 years old patient after carbamazepine intake is reported.
Clinical manifestation of a DRESS syndrome was characterized by a fever, leucocytosis, high eosinophilia of
peripheral blood and sputum, multivisceral involving: skin (maculopapular exanthema), liver (hepatitis), lungs
(eosinophilic pneumonia), lymphadenopathy. Treatment with prednisolone for two months (a starting doze of
60 mg /day) caused full recovery of the patient.
Clinical manifestation of a DRESS syndrome was characterized by a fever, leucocytosis, high eosinophilia of
peripheral blood and sputum, multivisceral involving: skin (maculopapular exanthema), liver (hepatitis), lungs
(eosinophilic pneumonia), lymphadenopathy. Treatment with prednisolone for two months (a starting doze of
60 mg /day) caused full recovery of the patient.
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I I Vorzheva
B A Chernyak
Email: bores@angara.ru
I I Vorzheva
Irkutsk State Institute for Medical Doctors Postgraduate EducationIrkutsk State Institute for Medical Doctors Postgraduate Education
B A Chernyak
Irkutsk State Institute for Medical Doctors Postgraduate EducationIrkutsk State Institute for Medical Doctors Postgraduate Education
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