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15343520

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) consists of a prolonged state of eosinophilia of unknown origin with organ involvement. We describe the case of a patient who developed fatal eosinophilic myocarditis. A 23-year-old woman with an 8-month history of eosinophilia presented with symptoms of myocarditis. Histological evaluation of an endomyocardial biopsy specimen revealed marked endomyocardial eosinophilic infiltration with eosinophil-rich granulomas and areas of myocyte necrosis. A terminal deoxynucleotidil transferase assay revealed apoptosis in several cardiomyocytes and vascular cells, mainly in the myocardial areas with higher eosinophil density. Evaluation of an endomyocardial biopsy specimen obtained after steroid therapy demonstrated that the eosinophils had disappeared, but there was marked myocardiosclerosis and scattered apoptotic cells. The patient slowly developed heart failure and died of sudden arrhythmic death. HES can cause severe myocarditis with extensive myocyte loss, probably due to both necrosis and apoptosis. Myocardial fibrosis may occur despite treatment, and patients may be at risk for fatal arrhythmias.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0046-8177
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1160-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Eosinophilic myocarditis in a patient with idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome: insights into mechanisms of myocardial cell death.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Parma, Parma Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports