title: Hypereosinophilia with multiple thromboembolic cerebral infarcts and focal intracerebral hemorrhage.
abstract: We report a case of hypereosinophilia causing multiple areas of cerebral infarcts. A 52-year-old Korean man presented with dysarthria and weakness in both arms. A brain MRI revealed multiple acute infarcts in the distal border zone with focal intracerebral hemorrhage, whereas a cerebral angiogram was not remarkable. The eosinophil count was 5,500/microL and was accompanied by elevated cardiac enzyme levels. The pattern of cerebral infarcts and laboratory results suggest a thromboembolic infarction associated with hypereosinophilia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Ju
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Young-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seung Ro
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dong Woo
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hyun Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged