Eosinophilic endomyocardial disease.
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis is the rarest of the antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides. We describe the case of a 58-year-old woman with a history of asthma found to have a left ventricular apical thrombus. Cardiac catheterization with endomyocardial biopsy was consistent with eosinophilic endomyocardial disease. The disease affects several organ systems and shares many features with more common conditions, making it a difficult diagnosis.
Department of Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin, MSB 1.150, Houston, TXs 77030, United States.. Electronic address: victor.y.liu@uth.tmc.edu.
Victor Y
VY
Liu
Department of Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin, MSB 1.150, Houston, TXs 77030, United States.
Raymundo A
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Quintana-Quezada
Department of Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin, MSB 1.150, Houston, TXs 77030, United States.
L Maximilian
LM
Buja
D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*
Biopsy; Cardiac Pathology; Eosinophilia; Vasculitis