Asymptomatic eosinophilic myocarditis: 2 + 2 = 4 or 5!
A twenty-eight year old man was admitted with a cerebrovascular accident and hypereosinophilia secondary to microfilarial infection. Endomyocardial biopsy revealed focal eosinophilic myocarditis. The intriguing presence of this asymptomatic myocarditis raises interesting possibilities.
Seshadri
S
S
Department of Cardiology and Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Narula
J
J
Chopra
P
P
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000302:isolation & purification