EXTREME EOSINOPHILIA AND LEUKOCYTOSIS

Abstract

The purpose of this communication is to call attention again to a peculiar syndrome occurring in childhood and characterized by unexplained eosinophilia of marked degree, considerable increase in the total white cell count and general adenopathy with or without splenomegaly persisting over long periods. I have encountered 3 patients with this condition, on 2 of whom I have already published reports. I wish to report here the final outcome in the case of my second patient, who was reported on in 1931 but was followed up for seven years there-after, and to report the case of a third patient, whom I have had under observation for the past year and a half. SUMMARY OF TWO PREVIOUSLY REPORTED CASES In 1925, under the title Unusual Eosinophilia with Splenomegaly (Eosinophilic Leukemia?) in a Child Aged Six Years, 1 I reported my first case. During the two and a half months the