A case of biventricular apical obliteration.
We present a case of Loëffler endocarditis in a 45-year-old man. This syndrome is characterized by unexplained prolonged and marked hypereosinophilia (>1500 eosinophils/mm), absence of a primary cause of hypereosinophilia and evidence of eosinophil-mediated organ damage. Detection of cardiac damage is based on electrocardiography, echocardiography, cardiac MRI and endomyocardial biopsy. Two-dimensional echocardiography is an essential tool for diagnosis. In this case, a transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a complete obliteration of the apex of both ventricles associated with a restrictive left ventricular filling pattern.
Zito
Concetta
C
Dipartimento Clinico-Sperimentale di Medicina e Farmacologia. Policlinico G. Martino Università di Messina, Italy. tittizito@libero.it
Di Bella
Gianluca
G
Mileto
Giuseppe
G
Lentini
Salvatore
S
Dattilo
Giuseppe
G
Carerj
Scipione
S
D004452:Echocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged