Surgery for cardiac complications caused by endocardial mural fibrin deposits in a hypereosinophilic syndrome.
A 31-year-old man presented with rapid onset of intractable congestive heart failure during the course of chemotherapy for eosinophilic leukemia. Patients with a hypereosinophilic syndrome usually die from complications of eosinophilic infiltration and fibrosis in target organs. The resulting cardiac lesions are a cause of death among these patients. Surgical intervention enabled our patient to survive the immediate medical crisis and has prolonged his life.
D000328:Adult; D004699:Endocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D004804:Eosinophils; D005337:Fibrin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male
D005337:Fibrin