What does HES stand for?

infestation Larva migrans syndrome Strongyloides stercoralis infection Associated with systemic disease Churg-Strauss syndrome Hypereosinophilic syndromes Associated with drugs, toxic agents and radiation Associated with miscellaneous lung diseases Asthma and eosinophilic bronchitis Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias Langerhans cell granulomatosis Sarcoidosis Paraneoplastic syndrome Idiopathic eosinophilic lung disease Idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia Table 2.

Gleevec, also called imatinib mesylate, may now be prescribed to treat dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans tumors, as well as four blood diseases: Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia, hypereosinophilic syndrome, aggressive systemic mastocytosis and certain forms of myeloproliferative disorders.

The company says the diseases found to have Gleevec-sensitive pathways include the solid tumor dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, and three hematologic diseases - certain forms of myeloprolifterative disorders, hypereosinophilic syndrome, and systemic mastocytosis.

Classification of eosinophil-associated gastroenteritis (5) Primary (mucosa, muscularis, serosal forms) Atopic Nonatopic Familial Secondary Eosinophilic disorders Hypereosinophilic syndrome Noneosinophilic disorders Celiac disease Connective tissue disease Iatrogenic Infection Inflammatory bowel disease Vasculitis (Churg-Strauss)

Abstract: Two cases of hypereosinophilic syndrome that illustrate different variants are reported.

1,2) When eosinophilic gastroenteritis is observed in association with eosinophilic infiltration of other organ systems, the diagnosis of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome should be considered.