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A Case of Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Causing Mitral Valve Papillary Muscle Rupture
Joint Authors
Jordan Villegas, Alejandro
Tamse, Tiffany
Rampersad, Avind
Ireland, Jill
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-11-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome (IHES) is a rare disease that can be difficult to diagnose as the differential is broad.
This disease can cause significant morbidity and mortality if left untreated.
Our patient is a 17-year-old adolescent female who presented with nonspecific symptoms of abdominal pain and malaise.
She was incidentally found to have hypereosinophilia of 16,000 on complete blood count and nonspecific colitis and pulmonary edema on computed tomography.
She went into cardiogenic shock due to papillary rupture of her mitral valve requiring extreme life support measures including intubation and extracorporal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as well as mitral valve replacement.
Pathology of the valve showed eosinophilic infiltration as the underlying etiology.
The patient was diagnosed with IHES after the exclusion of infectious, rheumatologic, and oncologic causes.
She was treated with steroids with improvement of her symptoms and scheduled for close follow-up.
In general patients with IHES that have cardiac involvement have poorer prognoses.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tamse, Tiffany& Rampersad, Avind& Jordan Villegas, Alejandro& Ireland, Jill. 2015. A Case of Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Causing Mitral Valve Papillary Muscle Rupture. Case Reports in Pediatrics،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059781
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tamse, Tiffany…[et al.]. A Case of Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Causing Mitral Valve Papillary Muscle Rupture. Case Reports in Pediatrics No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059781
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tamse, Tiffany& Rampersad, Avind& Jordan Villegas, Alejandro& Ireland, Jill. A Case of Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Causing Mitral Valve Papillary Muscle Rupture. Case Reports in Pediatrics. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059781
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1059781