Acute necrotising eosinophilic myocarditis.
Löffler's endocarditis is a recognised complication of diseases associated with eosinophilia. Eosinophilic heart disease is usually chronic, but there is a rare acute variety. Three patients with an unusual form of eosinophilic heart disease characterised by acute necrotising eosinophilic myocarditis after a possible initial viral infection and underlying allergic diathesis are reported. In contrast to previously reported cases of acute Löffler's endocarditis there was no notable extracardiac pathology.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000209:etiology*; D009336:Necrosis; D014777:Virus Diseases