Table 4 Previous reports of hypereosinophilia due to nickel [13,14,15,16,17,18]
No. | Author | Year | Age | Gender | Cause | Clinical manifestations | Treatment | Outcome | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gray J (Canada) | 1982 | 67 | Female | Ingestion of nickel coin | Eosinophilic pneumonia | Coin removed | Improved | [13] |
2 | Toyoshima M (Japan) | 1994 | 16 | Male | Occupationally exposed | Eosinophilic pneumonia | Corticosteroid (i.v., oral) | Improved | [14] |
3 | De Hauteclocque C (France) | 2002 | 40 | Male | Occupationally exposed | Asthma | n.d. | n.d. | [15] |
4 | Marraccini P (Italy) | 2008 | 43 | Female | Occupationally exposed | Asthma | n.d. | n.d. | [16] |
5 | Song GW (Korea) | 2013 | 34 | Male | Occupationally exposed | Asthma | Corticosteroid (inhaled), job change | Improved | [17] |
6 | Fung E (USA) | 2016 | 45 | Male | ICD | Eosinophilic myocarditis | Corticosteroid (i.v., oral) | Not improved (C.T.) | [18] |
7 | Our case (Japan) | 2018 | 65 | Female | Nickel stent replacement | EGIDs | Corticosteroid (oral) | Improved |