title: Hypereosinophilic syndrome with pulmonary and cardiac involvement in a patient with asthma.
abstract: Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome is characterized by prolonged eosinophilia without an identifiable underlying cause and multiple-organ dysfunction, most frequently involving the heart, the central or peripheral nervous system and the lungs. We describe a case in which a patient with asthma who had idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome with pulmonary involvement presented with symptoms of pulmonary embolism and left ventricular thrombus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis, Ankara University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey. karnak@medicine.ankara.edu.tr
authors.forename: Demet
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karnak
authors.forename: Oya
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kayacan
authors.forename: Sumru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beder
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delibalta
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000453:epidemiology*