title: Mitral valve destruction by Hodgkin's lymphoma-associated Loefler endocarditis.
abstract: We present a case of nearly total posterior mitral leaflet destruction due to Loeffler endocarditis associated with Hodgkin's lymphoma in a 15-year-old adolescent. The patient was treated medically with subsequent surgical mitral valve replacement. Cardiac aspects of hypereosinophilic syndrome are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiology & GUCH, Rambam Health Care Campus, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel. s_yalonetsky@rambam.health.gov.il
authors.forename: Sergey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yalonetsky
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mishaly
authors.forename: Ayelet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben-Barak
authors.forename: Avraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lorber
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012074:Remission Induction