1. Churg-Strauss Syndrome Presenting as Acute Necrotizing Eosinophilic Myocarditis: Concise Review of the Literature.
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Chaudhry MA, Grazette L, Yoon A, Correa A, and Fong MW
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- Acute Disease, Aged, Biopsy, Churg-Strauss Syndrome diagnosis, Churg-Strauss Syndrome drug therapy, Disease Progression, Eosinophilia drug therapy, Eosinophilia pathology, Fatal Outcome, Female, Humans, Myocarditis drug therapy, Myocarditis pathology, Necrosis, Steroids therapeutic use, Treatment Outcome, Churg-Strauss Syndrome complications, Eosinophilia etiology, Myocarditis etiology, Myocardium pathology
- Abstract
Background: Acute eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) is a rare form of heart failure that is characterized by myocardial eosinophilic infiltration usually in association with peripheral eosinophilia. The underlying cause is variable and can include allergic reactions, parasitic infection, idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome, malignancy, Loeffler's syndrome, Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS), early giant cell myocarditis and malignancy. The course is potentially fatal, and early diagnosis and treatment with steroids is essential., Conclusion: Here, we present an illustrative case of eosinophilic myocarditis secondary to CSS followed by a brief review of epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of both disease entities., (Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net.)
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- 2019
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