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Large left ventricular non-infectious vegetation in patient with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- Source :
- Cardiovascular Journal of Africa. 31:e1-e4
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Clinics Cardive Publishing, 2020.
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Abstract
- Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a rare form of systemic vasculitis in which cardiac involvement is relatively common and accounts for half of EGPA-related deaths. Cardiac involvement is more frequent in patients with an absence of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody and those with higher eosinophil counts. Clinical manifestations are various, including myocarditis, pericarditis, pericardial effusion, heart failure, arrhythmias, valvular insufficiencies and intra-cardiac thrombus formation. The pathology of cardiac involvement in EGPA is usually endomyocardial and pericardial eosinophilic infiltration. Considering the potentially adverse outcomes associated with cardiac involvement in EGPA, early detection is important. We experienced a rare case of EGPA with cardiac involvement presenting with non-infectious vegetations.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Myocarditis
business.industry
General Medicine
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
medicine.disease
Pericardial effusion
03 medical and health sciences
Pericarditis
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
Heart failure
Eosinophilic
cardiovascular system
medicine
Cardiology
Thrombus
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Systemic vasculitis
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Details
- ISSN :
- 16800745 and 19951892
- Volume :
- 31
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........9b61f10753775f519819e546463bdc9b
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5830/cvja-2019-065