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Case Report

Volume 9, Number 1, January 2018, pages 1-4


A Case of Tropical Eosinophilia in a Foreign Worker in Singapore

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Pre-treatment chest X-ray showing clustered tiny nodular opacities in both lungs (white arrows).
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Axial and coronal sections of lungs showing clustered tiny nodular opacities in both lungs (thin white arrows). Also seen are patchy areas of ground glass changes and early scarring bilaterally (thick white arrows).
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Post-treatment chest X-ray showing complete resolution of previously seen tiny nodular opacities.

Table

Table 1. Initial Blood Test Results
 
TestResultsUnitReference interval
White blood cell28.57× 109/L3.40 - 9.60
Red blood cells16.3× 1012/L3.70 - 9.60
Hemoglobin219g/dL10.9 - 15.1
Mean cell volume87.7fL80.0 - 95.0
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin30pg27.0 - 33.0
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration34.2g/dL32.0 - 36.0
Hematocrit47.7%32.7 - 44.4
Platelets219× 109/L132 - 372
Mean platelet volume11.5fL8.7 - 12.2
Red cell distribution width14.8%11.4 - 14.8
Sodium140mmol/L135 - 145
Potassium4.4mmol/L3.5 - 5.0
Chloride104mmol/L95 - 110
Carbon dioxide24mmol/L22 - 31
Creatinine65µmol/L50 - 90
Urea2.5mmol/L2.0 - 6.5
Glucose5.7mmol/L4.0 - 7.8
Albumin42g/L38 - 48
Bilirubin, total5µmol/L5 - 30
Biliruibin, conjugated1µmol/L0 - 5
Aspartae aminotransferase30U/L10 - 50
Alanine aminotransferase23U/L10 - 70
Alkaline phosphatase23U/L40 - 130
Lactate dehydrogenase775U/L250 - 580