Cardiac Involvement in Hypereosinophilia Associated with Toxocariasis

Cardiac involvement in hypereosinophilia is rare; when present, it manifests as ventricular thickening, usually with fibrous tissue and mural thrombosis. We present a case of a 57-year-old man with an abnormal right ventricular apex with eosinophilia, which was caused by Toxocara canis infection.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Park, Hyun-Joon, You, Ga-In, Cho, Kyoung-Im, Yang, Joung-Wook, Kim, Soo-Young, Kim, Hyun-Su, Cha, Tae-Joon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Echocardiography 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4286646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25580199
http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2014.22.4.224

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4286646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25580199
http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2014.22.4.224

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