Heart involvement in T cell lymphoma through hypereosinophilic syndrome: a common complication of a rare condition.
This case describes a 42-year-old male affected by hypereosinophilic syndrome associated with angioimmunoblastic lymphoma. Heart involvement was suspected at ECG mimicking left ventricular hypertrophy. MRI clarified the extensive endomyocardial fibrosis, confirming the role of this technique in in-vivo tissue characterization. Finally, the study investigates the association of T cell lymphoma, hypereosinophilic syndrome, and Loeffler endomyocardial disease.
Genovesi-Ebert
Alberto
A
Cardiologia ed Unità Coronarica, Spedali Riuniti, Livorno, Italy. a.genovesi@tin.it
Lombardi
Massimo
M
Capochiani
Enrico
E
Simi
Umberto
U
Savoia
Maria Teresa
MT
Baldini
Umberto
U
Digiorgio
Anna
A
Carluccio
Marisa
M
Di Santo
Domenica
D
Galli
Michele
M
D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male
D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA