A case of pulmonary thromboembolism associated with hypereosinophilia in a child.
Pulmonary thromboembolism is a very rare event in children, but the mortality rate is reported to be approximately 10%. The majority of children with thromboemboli have multiple risk factors, such as a catheter-related thrombosis, an infection, and a congenital prothrombotic disorder. Hypereosinophilia is very rarely associated with pulmonary emboli in adults; however, this condition has not been reported in children. We present a 12-year-old boy who had a pulmonary thromboembolism and deep vein thrombosis associated with hypereosinophilia and thrombocytopenia. The thromboembolism was managed with anticoagulant therapy and the hypereosinophilia resolved spontaneously.
An
Hyo Soon
HS
Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Baek
Jae Suk
JS
Kwon
Bo Sang
BS
Kim
Gi Beom
GB
Bae
Eun Jung
EJ
Noh
Chung Il
CI
Choi
Jung Yun
JY
Yun
Yong Soo
YS