J Med Cases

Journal of Medical Cases, ISSN 1923-4155 print, 1923-4163 online, Open Access

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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. Pre-treatment chest X-ray showing clustered tiny nodular opacities in both lungs (white arrows).

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. Post-treatment chest X-ray showing complete resolution of previously seen tiny nodular opacities.

Table

**Table 1.** Initial Blood Test Results
Test	Results	Unit	Reference interval
White blood cell	28.57	× 10⁹/L	3.40 - 9.60
Red blood cells	16.3	× 10¹²/L	3.70 - 9.60
Hemoglobin	219	g/dL	10.9 - 15.1
Mean cell volume	87.7	fL	80.0 - 95.0
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin	30	pg	27.0 - 33.0
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration	34.2	g/dL	32.0 - 36.0
Hematocrit	47.7	%	32.7 - 44.4
Platelets	219	× 10⁹/L	132 - 372
Mean platelet volume	11.5	fL	8.7 - 12.2
Red cell distribution width	14.8	%	11.4 - 14.8
Sodium	140	mmol/L	135 - 145
Potassium	4.4	mmol/L	3.5 - 5.0
Chloride	104	mmol/L	95 - 110
Carbon dioxide	24	mmol/L	22 - 31
Creatinine	65	µmol/L	50 - 90
Urea	2.5	mmol/L	2.0 - 6.5
Glucose	5.7	mmol/L	4.0 - 7.8
Albumin	42	g/L	38 - 48
Bilirubin, total	5	µmol/L	5 - 30
Biliruibin, conjugated	1	µmol/L	0 - 5
Aspartae aminotransferase	30	U/L	10 - 50
Alanine aminotransferase	23	U/L	10 - 70
Alkaline phosphatase	23	U/L	40 - 130
Lactate dehydrogenase	775	U/L	250 - 580