Hypereosinophilic syndrome with pulmonary and cardiac involvement in a patient with asthma.
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.
Karnak
Demet
D
Department of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis, Ankara University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey. karnak@medicine.ankara.edu.tr
Kayacan
Oya
O
Beder
Sumru
S
Delibalta
Mustafa
M
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*