title: [Cardiac sarcoma disclosed by hypereosinophilia].
abstract: A 48 year old woman presented peripheral eosinophilia and neurologic symptoms which were related to a right parietal hypodense lesion. Further investigation led to the discovery of a left atrial cardiac tumor which had been incompletely resected and diagnosed as sarcoma. Eosinophilia than decreased. Two months after cardiac surgery, intracranial hypertension appeared and another expansive cerebral mass was discovered on CT scan. The patient was treated by radiotherapy. Two years later, the patient presented left abdominal pain. An increase of eosinophilic rate was noted. Abdominal CT scan revealed an heterogenous mass in the spleen. Splenectomy was performed and the tumor was diagnosed as a metastasis of the cardiac sarcoma. This case illustrates a rare tumor which is distinctive by its clinical signs: peripheral eosinophilia and neurologic signs. There were no cardiac symptoms. The clinical evolution was good after more than two years from initial diagnosis. This implies that a surgical attitude is recommended in such cases.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, C.H.U. Rangueil, Toulouse.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Delisle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Selves
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alard
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rumeau
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fabre
mesh_terms: D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008875:Middle Aged; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000473:pathology*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Sarcome cardiaque révélé par une hyperéosinophilie sanguine.