Hypereosinophilic syndrome with pulmonary and cardiac involvement in a patient with asthma

CMAJ. 2003 Jan 21;168(2):172-5.

Abstract

Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome is characterized by prolonged eosinophilia without an identifiable underlying cause and multiple-organ dysfunction, most frequently involving the heart, the central or peripheral nervous system and the lungs. We describe a case in which a patient with asthma who had idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome with pulmonary involvement presented with symptoms of pulmonary embolism and left ventricular thrombus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Asthma / epidemiology*
  • Comorbidity
  • Female
  • Heart Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / epidemiology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Embolism / epidemiology*
  • Thrombosis / epidemiology*