NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS
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Detailed explanation-1: -What causes eosinophilic granulomas? Eosinophilic granulomas are a form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (also called histiocytosis X). Langerhans cell histiocytosis is an autoimmune disease that makes your child’s body produce too many white blood cells that usually fight infections.
Detailed explanation-2: -Parasitic diseases and allergic reactions to medication are among the more common causes of eosinophilia. Hypereosinophila that causes organ damage is called hypereosinophilic syndrome. This syndrome tends to have an unknown cause or results from certain types of cancer, such as bone marrow or lymph node cancer.
Detailed explanation-3: -Numerous animal parasites, protozoan, metazoan and in particular helminths, may cause a varied range of granulomatous lesions in man.