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Eosinophilic Myocarditis in a Patient With Sickle Cell Disease
- Source :
- JACC Case Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2021.
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Abstract
- A 23-year-old man with sickle cell disease treated with splenectomy and allogenic stem cell transplantation presented with recurrent chest pain, elevated cardiac enzymes, and unremarkable electrocardiography. His work-up revealed eosinophilia, raising concern for eosinophilic myocarditis. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed patchy late gadolinium enhancement of the left ventricular free wall, suggestive of myocarditis. He was treated with high-dose intravenous steroids followed by oral prednisone, with improvement in his symptoms and eosinophilia and a decrease in cardiac enhancement on follow-up imaging. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)<br />Central Illustration
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Myocarditis
left ventricle
medicine.medical_treatment
Splenectomy
030105 genetics & heredity
Chest pain
cardiac magnetic resonance
necrosis
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
Prednisone
medicine
Eosinophilia
Mini-Focus Issue: Imaging
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
medicine.disease
Transplantation
cardiovascular system
Case Report: Clinical Case
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Electrocardiography
MRI, magnetic resonance imaging
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26660849
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- JACC Case Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....616e8f00091e53149939fa576ecc0aba