Basophilia

Basophilia
ICD-10	D75.8
ICD-9	288.65
DiseasesDB	29698

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Synonyms and keywords: Basophil count raised (peripheral blood); raised basophil count (peripheral blood)

Overview

Basophilia is a condition where the basophil quantity is abnormally elevated.

One definition is a rate higher than 0.1 x 10^9/l.

Causes

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	No underlying causes
Chemical / poisoning	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	Chronic dermatitis , Subcutaneous abscess
Drug Side Effect	Estrogen, Drug hypersensitivity
Ear Nose Throat	Chronic sinusitis , Pansinusitis
Endocrine	Hypothyroidism , Ovulation
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	Ulcerative colitis , Subhepatic abscess , Crohn’s disease
Genetic	No underlying causes
Hematologic	Chronic hemolytic anemia , Polycythemia vera , Myelofibrosis , Extramedullary hematopoiesis , Congenital hemolytic anemia , Leukemoid reaction , Hereditary spherocytosis
Iatrogenic	Spleenectomy , Transfusion reaction , Ionizing radiation
Infectious Disease	Small pox , Chicken Pox , Influenza , Herpes Zoster , Hookworm disease, Tuberculosis
Musculoskeletal / Ortho	No underlying causes
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional / Metabolic	Iron deficiency
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	Hodgkin's disease , Chronic myelogenous leukemia, Blastic Acute myeloid leukemia, Lymphoma , Basophilic leukaemia
Opthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	Chronic airway disease
Renal / Electrolyte	Minimal change disease , Nephrotic syndrome
Rheum / Immune / Allergy	Acute hypersensitivity, Foreign protein ingestion
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	Mastocytosis

Causes in Alphabetical Order

• Acute hypersensitivity

• Basophilic leukaemia

• Blastic Acute myeloid leukemia

• Chicken pox

• Chronic airway disease

• Chronic dermatitis

• Chronic hemolytic anemia

• Chronic myelogenous leukemia

• Chronic sinusitis

• Congenital hemolytic anemia

• Crohn’s disease

• Drug hypersensitivity

• Estrogens

• Extramedullary hematopoiesis

• Foreign protein ingestion

• Hereditary spherocytosis

• Herpes Zoster

• Hodgkin's disease

• Hookworm disease

• Hypothyroidism

• Influenza

• Ionizing radiation

• Iron deficiency

• Leukemoid reaction

• Lymphoma

• Mastocytosis

• Minimal change disease

• Myelofibrosis

• Nephrotic syndrome

• Ovulation

• Pansinusitis

• Polycythemia vera

• Small pox

• Spleenectomy

• Subcutaneous abscess

• Subhepatic abscess

• Transfusion reaction

• Tuberculosis

• Ulcerative colitis