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Paediatric presentation of cardiac involvement in hypereosinophilic syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2016

Martial M. Massin ,
Caroline Jacquemart  and
Nasroolla Damry
Martial M. Massin*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Queen Fabiola Children’s University Hospital, Free University of Brussels ULB, Brussels, Belgium
Caroline Jacquemart
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Queen Fabiola Children’s University Hospital, Free University of Brussels ULB, Brussels, Belgium
Nasroolla Damry
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Radiology, Queen Fabiola Children’s University Hospital, Free University of Brussels ULB, Brussels, Belgium
*
Correspondence to: Dr M. M. Massin, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Avenue J.J.Crocq 15, B-1020 Brussels, Belgium. Tel: +32 2 477 31 79; Fax: +32 2 477 21 25; E-mail: martial.massin@huderf.be
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Abstract

Eosinophilic endomyocarditis is extremely rare in paediatrics. This case report aims to present the sequential changes from thrombotic to fibrotic stages of the cardiac involvement in a child with hypereosinophilic syndrome. Endomyocardial fibrosis progressively aggravated the severity of the mitral regurgitation. Bioprosthetic valve replacement was finally performed without recurrence of cardiac complications despite a late relapse of the underlying disease.

Keywords

Hypereosinophilic syndromechildheart failureLoeffler endocarditis
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , January 2017 , pp. 186 - 188
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© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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