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Biventricular thrombus in hypereosinophilic syndrome presenting with shortness of breath
A 48 years old male presented to clinic with 12 months of low grade fever with shortness of breath which has progressively worsened with no associated weight loss, night sweats or loss of appetite. There was no prior history of chronic illness before the current illness. Laboratory workup revealed a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5121253/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27896330 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjem.2015.05.002 |
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author | Baqi, Abdul Waheed, Shahan Tipoo, Fateh Ali Khan, Aamir Hameed |
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description | A 48 years old male presented to clinic with 12 months of low grade fever with shortness of breath which has progressively worsened with no associated weight loss, night sweats or loss of appetite. There was no prior history of chronic illness before the current illness. Laboratory workup revealed a high white blood cell count with predominant eosinophils. Chest X-ray was normal. Transthoracic echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance showed biventricular thrombi. On further extensive workup the findings were consistent with hypereosinophilic syndrome. The patient was started on oral steroids, hydroxyurea, imatanib mesylate and oral anticoagulation. The patient responded to the treatment with complete resolution of his symptoms over the course of few months. The repeat Echocardiogram after a year showed normal left ventricular systolic and diastolic function with complete resolution of biventricular thrombi. |
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spelling | pubmed-51212532016-11-28 Biventricular thrombus in hypereosinophilic syndrome presenting with shortness of breath Baqi, Abdul Waheed, Shahan Tipoo, Fateh Ali Khan, Aamir Hameed Turk J Emerg Med Case Report A 48 years old male presented to clinic with 12 months of low grade fever with shortness of breath which has progressively worsened with no associated weight loss, night sweats or loss of appetite. There was no prior history of chronic illness before the current illness. Laboratory workup revealed a high white blood cell count with predominant eosinophils. Chest X-ray was normal. Transthoracic echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance showed biventricular thrombi. On further extensive workup the findings were consistent with hypereosinophilic syndrome. The patient was started on oral steroids, hydroxyurea, imatanib mesylate and oral anticoagulation. The patient responded to the treatment with complete resolution of his symptoms over the course of few months. The repeat Echocardiogram after a year showed normal left ventricular systolic and diastolic function with complete resolution of biventricular thrombi. Elsevier 2016-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5121253/ /pubmed/27896330 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjem.2015.05.002 Text en Copyright © 2016 The Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the Owner. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Baqi, Abdul Waheed, Shahan Tipoo, Fateh Ali Khan, Aamir Hameed Biventricular thrombus in hypereosinophilic syndrome presenting with shortness of breath |
title | Biventricular thrombus in hypereosinophilic syndrome presenting with shortness of breath |
title_full | Biventricular thrombus in hypereosinophilic syndrome presenting with shortness of breath |
title_fullStr | Biventricular thrombus in hypereosinophilic syndrome presenting with shortness of breath |
title_full_unstemmed | Biventricular thrombus in hypereosinophilic syndrome presenting with shortness of breath |
title_short | Biventricular thrombus in hypereosinophilic syndrome presenting with shortness of breath |
title_sort | biventricular thrombus in hypereosinophilic syndrome presenting with shortness of breath |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5121253/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27896330 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjem.2015.05.002 |
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