[Cardiomyopathy and hypereosinophilia: a post-partum case].
Cardiomiopathy and hypereosinophilia: a post-partum case. A case of cardiomyopathy and hyperoesinophilia observed soon after delivery is reported. A wide spectrum of different clinical entities characterized by peripheral hyperoesinophilia, tissue infiltration and eosinophil-mediated organ damage is referred to as hypereosinophilic syndrome and their distinction is often challenging. Cardiac involvement is frequent in such these syndromes and worsens prognosis. A prompt recognition and therapy of the underlying disease and of its peripheral expression, as in the following case, may improve patients' outcome.
Vergaro
Giuseppe
G
U.O.C. Medicina Cardiovascolare, Fondazione Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa. giuseppe.vergaro@ftgm.it
Catarsi
Eleonora
E
Dascanio
Anna
A
Fontana
Marianna
M
Aquaro
Giovanni Donato
GD
Pastormerlo
Luigi Emilio
LE
Valleggi
Alessandro
A
Passino
Claudio
C
Emdin
Michele
M
Tavoni
Antonio Gaetano
AG
D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D049590:Postpartum Period; D055815:Young Adult