Loeffler Endocarditis and Associated Parasitosis: A Diagnostic Challenge

Loeffler endocarditis is relatively under-recognized and can impose a diagnostic challenge. We present a case of Loeffler endocarditis where eosinophilia was associated with parasitosis. This case highlights the importance of clinical clues in a patient with restrictive cardiomyopathy, and appropria...

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Autores principales: Latt, Htun, Mantilla, Barbara, San, Dwe, Argueta-Sosa, Erwin E, Nair, Nandini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7294858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32550071
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8152
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author Latt, Htun
Mantilla, Barbara
San, Dwe
Argueta-Sosa, Erwin E
Nair, Nandini
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description Loeffler endocarditis is relatively under-recognized and can impose a diagnostic challenge. We present a case of Loeffler endocarditis where eosinophilia was associated with parasitosis. This case highlights the importance of clinical clues in a patient with restrictive cardiomyopathy, and appropriate ancillary testing which helps guide further management.
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spelling pubmed-72948582020-06-16 Loeffler Endocarditis and Associated Parasitosis: A Diagnostic Challenge Latt, Htun Mantilla, Barbara San, Dwe Argueta-Sosa, Erwin E Nair, Nandini Cureus Cardiology Loeffler endocarditis is relatively under-recognized and can impose a diagnostic challenge. We present a case of Loeffler endocarditis where eosinophilia was associated with parasitosis. This case highlights the importance of clinical clues in a patient with restrictive cardiomyopathy, and appropriate ancillary testing which helps guide further management. Cureus 2020-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7294858/ /pubmed/32550071 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8152 Text en Copyright © 2020, Latt et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Loeffler Endocarditis and Associated Parasitosis: A Diagnostic Challenge
title Loeffler Endocarditis and Associated Parasitosis: A Diagnostic Challenge
title_full Loeffler Endocarditis and Associated Parasitosis: A Diagnostic Challenge
title_fullStr Loeffler Endocarditis and Associated Parasitosis: A Diagnostic Challenge
title_full_unstemmed Loeffler Endocarditis and Associated Parasitosis: A Diagnostic Challenge
title_short Loeffler Endocarditis and Associated Parasitosis: A Diagnostic Challenge
title_sort loeffler endocarditis and associated parasitosis: a diagnostic challenge
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7294858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32550071
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8152
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