[Acute pericarditis as initial clinical manifestation of hypereosinophilia syndrome].
The case of a patient in whom acute pericarditis was the initial manifestation of an idiopathic hypereosinophilia is reported. Endomyocardial abnormalities were not found by echocardiography. Response to prednisone therapy was good; symptoms, pericardial effusion and eosinophilia early disappeared after therapy. Some clinical aspects of this uncommon disease are discussed.
Segura
J
J
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba.
Anguita
M
M
Mesa
D
D
Romo
E
E
Vivancos
R
R
Suárez de Lezo
J
J
Vallés
F
F
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013577:Syndrome
D011241:Prednisone
Pericarditis aguda como manifestación clínica inicial del síndrome hipereosinófilo.