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[Digital arteritis, thrombosis and hypereosinophilic syndrome: an uncommon complication]
E Hachulla1, P Y Hatron, A Janin
1Service de médecine interne, hôpital Claude-Huriez, CHRU, Lille, France.
La Revue De Medecine Interne
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
Digital necrosis has been exceptionally described in association with the hypereosinophilic syndrome. We report a case of a smoking patient with idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome who developed digital arteritis with necrosis. A radial artery biopsy confirmed the vasculitis with inflammatory infiltrates which were predominantly eosinophilic granulocytes. The eosinophils may have an active role in the development of the vasculitis.