title: Ventricular aneurysm and myocarditis in a child with the hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome.
abstract: A 2-year-old Omani child with hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome (HIES) had a 5-week illness characterized by fever, heart failure and acute mitral regurgitation. Echocardiographic studies showed the evolution of an apical left ventricular aneurysm during this illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Al Khod, Sultanate of Oman.
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: el Noor
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venugopalan
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Froude
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007589:Job Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy