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How would you approach an asymptomatic older female patient with eosinophilia to 17,000, present for years, and normal eosinophilia workup including marrow and negative FLIP1?

Would you treat a patient like this with Nucala and if so, what would be your marker of success?
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Allergy & Immunology · Harvard Medical School
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Interesting case. Eos have been in the 17K range for years? Was it incidentally noted? Could just be idiopathic HES. I would worry about cardiac infiltration in an older patient, but if there have never been cardiac issues and no evidence of a myeloid variant, I would probably defer to the patient a...

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Hematology · Rochester General Hospital
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Define years?

If really present and stable for a decade with no organ infiltration. I would consider leaving it alone.

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