title: Magnetic resonance imaging of a hypereosinophilic endocarditis with apical thrombotic obliteration in Churg-Strauss syndrome complicated with acute abdominal aortic embolic occlusion.
abstract: Churg-Strauss syndrome can be associated with Loeffler-like eosinophilic endocarditis. We report a case of a young woman in which the diagnosis of Churg-Strauss syndrome was made subsequently to the magnetic resonance demonstration of eosinophilic endocarditis associated to left ventricle apical thrombosis. In our report, this rare condition evolved in an unusual complication: the embolic migration of the left ventricle apical thrombus in the abdominal aorta as showed by multi-detector-computed-tomography angiography.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Cobelli
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Belloni
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ravelli
authors.forename: Raffaella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scotti
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Sabbadini
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Del Maschio
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*