title: Acute myocarditis in a patient with eosinophilia and pulmonary infiltrates.
abstract: This is a case of nectrotising myopericarditis complicated with an acute apical left ventricular aneurysm in a young patient with the history of bronchial asthma and recurrent eosinophilia. Prompt clinical improvement coinciding with normalisation of the blood count in response to steroids was observed. Possible aetiology of hypereosinophilia is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Helen Joseph Hospital and Department of Cardiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mekel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chita
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000209:etiology*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011241:Prednisone