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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Hematol. 2012 Apr;49(2):149–159. doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2012.01.006

Table 1.

Conditions associated with marked peripheral blood eosinophilia

Infectious Diseases
    Parasitic infections primarily with helminths (see Table 2)
    Certain fungal infections (Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, Coccidiomycosis)
    Infestations – Scabies, Myiasis
Allergic or Atopic Diseases
    Drug hypersensitivity or medication-associated eosinophilias
    Atopic diseases
Hematologic and Neoplastic Disorders
    Hypereosinophilic syndromes (HES) including chronic eosinophilic leukemia
    Leukemia (Acute myelogenous leukemias most commonly, B cell ALL)
    Lymphomas (particularly Hodgkin’s, T- and B-cell lymphomas)
    Tumor associated
      Adenocarcinomas
      Squamous carcinomas
      Large cell lung carcinomas
      Transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder
    Systemic mastocytosis
Immunologic
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases (HyperIgE syndrome, Omenn’s syndrome, Dock8 deficiency, IPEX, Zap70 deficiency)
    Graft-versus-host-Disease
Endocrinologic Disorders
    Hypoadrenalism
Other
    Irradiation
    Atheroembolic Disorders
    Sarcoidosis