THROMBOEMBOLISM IN A PATIENT WITH TRANSIENT EOSINOPHILIA

We report here a case of thromboembolism occurring in a 29-year-old wo man with transient eosinophilia, Eosinophilia for at least 11 days was followed by pulmonary embolism. Both reperfusion of pulmonary arterie s and disappearance of deep vein thrombi were obtained by treatment wi th urokinase, tissue plasminogen activator, and heparin, Although the causes of eosinophilia were not specified, we suggested a causative co rrelation of elevated serum levels of eosinophil granule proteins with the development of thromboembolism.