title: [Löffler's parietal fibroplastic endocarditis--a case report].
abstract: A 62-year-old patient showed blood eosinophilia for 10 years. In-patient treatment was necessary several times on account of cardiac decompensation. The cardiac damage progressed irreversibly and the patient died from acute cardiac failure. Post-mortem examination revealed massive parietal fibrous formation in the left ventricle (endocarditis parietalis fibroplastica "Löffler"). Aetiology and pathogenesis remain unsolved. It is possible in the present case to postulate a causal connection with an incident of polytrauma many years ago.
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Endocarditis parietalis fibroplastica "Löffler" - ein Fallbericht.