Pleural mesothelioma and venous thrombosis: the eosinophilia link.
Ames PR, Aye WW.
Department of Haematology, West Suffolk Hospital, Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2QZ, UK. paxmes@aol.com.
ABSTRACT: Peripheral blood eosinophilia and vascular occlusions are rare occurrences in patients with pleural mesothelioma whereas eosinophilia may associate with thrombosis. We describe a patient with mesothelioma who developed peripheral blood eosinophilia followed by deep vein thrombosis despite being on low molecular weight heparin prophylaxis. We discuss the genesis of peripheral blood eosinophilia and thrombosis in pleural mesothelioma.
PMID: 18442410 [PubMed - in process]PMCID: PMC2390511