Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome and giant cell myocarditis: a case report and therapeutic approach.
Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome and giant cell myocarditis are rare and unrelated inflammatory conditions. Both may result in intense inflammatory infiltrates with eosinophilic predominance. A case involving a patient in whom both conditions occurred and who required intensive, prolonged immunosuppressive therapy is presented.
Amidon
T M
TM
Overlake Hospital Medical Center and Heart Institute of Puget Sound, Bellevue, WA 98004, USA.
Baldwin
J L
JL
George
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D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016603:Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016572:Cyclosporine