TY - JOUR
T1 - Loeffler's endocarditis with biventricular mural thrombi
AU - Eisa, Naseem
AU - Shaheen, Khaldoon
AU - Alraiyes, Abdul Hamid
AU - Chadi Alraies, M.
PY - 2013/9/30
Y1 - 2013/9/30
N2 - A 42-year-old man presented to clinic with 1-week history of cough, malaise, loss of appetite and fever. Symptoms started acutely with cough and generalised weakness followed by fever, chills, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. He has been healthy before with no chronic illnesses. Further workup disclosed, leucocytosis with 87% eosinophilia, bilateral lung infiltrate, deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and both right and left biventricular mural thrombi. Extensive workup was done and was consistent with hypereosinophilic syndrome, which explained all his clinical findings. The patient was started on high-dose steroids and responded very well with a complete resolution of symptoms over the course of a few weeks.
AB - A 42-year-old man presented to clinic with 1-week history of cough, malaise, loss of appetite and fever. Symptoms started acutely with cough and generalised weakness followed by fever, chills, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. He has been healthy before with no chronic illnesses. Further workup disclosed, leucocytosis with 87% eosinophilia, bilateral lung infiltrate, deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and both right and left biventricular mural thrombi. Extensive workup was done and was consistent with hypereosinophilic syndrome, which explained all his clinical findings. The patient was started on high-dose steroids and responded very well with a complete resolution of symptoms over the course of a few weeks.
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U2 - 10.1136/bcr-2013-009609
DO - 10.1136/bcr-2013-009609
M3 - Article
C2 - 24081624
AN - SCOPUS:84886716440
SN - 1757-790X
JO - BMJ case reports
JF - BMJ case reports
M1 - 009609
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