Congenital heart disease with hypereosinophilic syndrome.
The idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome, common in adults, is a leukoproliferative disorder marked by a predilection to damage specific organs. This report describes a unique case of an infant with tricuspid stenosis, a hypoplastic right ventricle, severe pulmonary stenosis, patent ductus arteriosus, and a patent foramen ovale associated with hypereosinophilic syndrome. Although treatment with high-dose oral steroids failed to decrease the leukocyte counts, a right classic Blalock-Taussig shunt through a right thoracotomy resolved her cyanosis.
Ootaki
Y
Y
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Yamaguchi
M
M
Yoshimura
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N
Tsukuda
K
K
D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D007231:Infant, Newborn