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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Laboratory Findings
Symptoms may be severe and involve many different organs. In a retrospective Taiwanese cohort study of 60 patients,[1] the following incidences were observed.
| Incidence of organ involvement in DRESS syndrome [2] | |
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| Organ | Percent of patients with involvement |
| Liver | 80% |
| Kidney | 40% |
| Pulmonary | 33% |
| Cardiac/muscular | 15% |
| Pancreas | 5% |
| Incidence of hematologic abnormalities in DRESS syndrome [2] | |
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| Abnormality | Percent of patients with abnormality |
| Atypical lymphocyte | 63% |
| Eosinophilia | 52% |
| Lymphocytopenia | 45% |
| Thrombocytopenia | 25% |
| Lymphocytosis | 25% |