Eosinophilia

Overview

 * Eosinphilia refers to a group of idiopathic, neoplastic, infectious and allergic illnesses
 * Eosinphilia is associated with abnormally high number of eosinphil granulocytes in the serum and/or tissue
 * Reference range: 0-450 ul

Differential Diagnosis
In alphabetical order.
 * Addison's Disease
 * Advanced solid tumors
 * After splenectomy
 * Allergic vasculitis
 * Ancylostomiasis
 * Angioneurotic syndrome
 * Artheroembolic diseases
 * Ascariasis
 * Asthma
 * Churg-Strauss Syndrome
 * Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
 * Chronic Renal Disease
 * Contact dermatitis
 * Dermatitis herpetiformis
 * Dermatomyositis
 * Drug exanthema
 * Drugs
 * Dysentery
 * Echinococcosis
 * Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
 * Eosinophilic leukemia
 * Eosinophilic pulmonary infiltrate
 * Erythema infectiosum
 * Erythema multiforme
 * Erythema nodosum
 * Exfoliative dermatitis
 * Facial granuloma
 * Familial eosinophilia
 * Felty's Syndrome
 * Fibroblastic endocarditis
 * Filariasis
 * Food allergy
 * Generalized carcinoma
 * Gonorrhea
 * Graft versus host disease
 * Hay fever
 * Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
 * Hodgkin's Lymphoma
 * Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
 * Hypopituitarism
 * Ichthyosis
 * Leprosy
 * Loeffler's Endocarditis
 * Liver damage in cholestasis
 * Mansonelliasis
 * Mastocytosis
 * Measles
 * Muscular spasms
 * Mycosis fungoides
 * Myeloproliferative disorder
 * Myxedema
 * Necrosis near tumors
 * Neurodermatitis
 * Onchocercosis
 * Oxyuriasis
 * Ovarial carcinoma
 * Pemphigus
 * Pernicious anemia
 * Pityriasis rosea
 * Polyarteritis Nodosa
 * Polycythemia
 * Psoriasis
 * Quincke's Edema
 * Radiation disease
 * Regional enteritis
 * Rheumatoid Arthritis
 * Sarcoidosis
 * Scabies
 * Scarlet Fever
 * Schistosomiasis
 * Serum sickness
 * Thyrotoxicosis
 * Toxokarosis
 * Trichinosis
 * Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia
 * Tuberculosis
 * Ulcerative colitis
 * Urticaria
 * Vasculitis
 * Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome