Table 8.
No | Year | Authors | The number of patients | Age | Chief complaint | Duration of disease (amputation) |
Smoking status | How to diagnose the current disease | Suggested treatment | The outcome of treatment |
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1 | 2016 | Akbarin et al (Iran)76 | 26 (26 CBC and serum samples out of 37 documents and banked samples) |
27–49 years | 40±7 years | Unknown | Mean cigarette consumption was 397.77 packs per year (minimum 60 packs and maximum1110 packs per year | Anemia defined as Hgb <13.5 g/dL for males which could not be explained by anemia of chronic disease or iron deficiency according to several indices including MCV, MCH, LDH, ALT, AST | Unknown | Unknown |
2 | 2010 | Takaoka et al (Japan)77 | 1 | 46 years | One month history of sharp rest pain in right calf and ischemic ulcer between the third and fourth toes of his right foot and lymphadenopathy in bilateral inguinal region | TAO diagnosis according to clinical manifestation and angiography pattern of lower limbs | About 10 cigarettes per day for 25 years | Excision biopsy of left inguinal nodule Histology examination demonstrated hyperplasia of lymphoid follicles with massive infiltration of eosinophil without malignancy CBC demonstrated eosinophilia |
Prednisolon 40 mg per day | The eosinophilia, the ulcer and rest pain of right foot improved quickly |
3 | 1971 | Ward et al (Colorado, USA)78 |
1 (1 out of 31 cases of anemia suffering from chronic disease) |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Laboratory tests Low hematocrit, normal iron level, high iron saturation, increased bone marrow iron with normal erythropoietin |
Unknown | Unknown |