Korean Circ J.  1991 Jun;21(3):626-632. 10.4070/kcj.1991.21.3.626.

Eosinophilic Myocarditis Associated with Hypereosinophilia

• Ryu JS
• Seong IW
• Kim JJ
• Yu ES
• Park SW
• Park SJ
• Lee JK

• KMID: 2229150
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1991.21.3.626

Abstract

A variety of disease states are marked by prolonged and profound eosinophilia associated with localized or widespread eosinophilic infiltrates. Cardiac involvement maybe a major cause of morbidity and mortality of this disease. We report a case of acute peri-myocarditis with eosinophilia, which was confirmed as eosinophilic myocardilic myocarditis by endomyocardial biopsy.

Keyword

Eosinophilic myocarditis; Hypereosinophilia; Endomyocardial bipsy

MeSH Terms

Biopsy
Eosinophilia
Eosinophils*
Mortality
Myocarditis*