RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome with Skull Base Involvement
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 971
OP 973
VO 28
IS 5
A1 M.L. Battineni
A1 S.L. Galetta
A1 J. Oh
A1 M. Lango
A1 J.J. Brooks
A1 S.J. Schuster
A1 L.A. Loevner
YR 2007
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/28/5/971.abstract
AB SUMMARY: Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a heterogeneous disorder characterized by prolonged eosinophilia without an identifiable cause, ultimately resulting in organ dysfunction. Three major types of neurologic involvement have been well defined in HES; however, to our knowledge, inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) in association with HES has not been reported. We present a case of IPT of the skull base in a patient with HES that suggests that HES may result in an exaggerated immunologic or inflammatory response leading to the formation of IPT.