Central Nervous System and Cardiac Involvement in the Hypereosinophilic Syndrome: A Case Report

Immunol Invest. 2021 May;50(4):356-362. doi: 10.1080/08820139.2020.1758131. Epub 2020 Jul 27.

Abstract

Hypereosinophilic syndrome is a rare entity and heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by hypereosinophilia and organ involvement. In this study, we presented a 49-year-old woman with cardiac tamponade in the context of Hypereosinophilic syndrome. Identifying hypereosinophilia as the underlying cause can have tremendous clinical implications for rapid initiation of appropriate treatment to minimize further end organ damage.

Keywords: Pericardial effusion; cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR); cardiac tamponade; central nervous system; hypereosinophilic syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain* / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain* / pathology
  • Cardiac Tamponade* / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiac Tamponade* / pathology
  • Cardiac Tamponade* / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Heart Ventricles* / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles* / pathology
  • Heart Ventricles* / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Hypereosinophilic Syndrome* / diagnostic imaging
  • Hypereosinophilic Syndrome* / pathology
  • Hypereosinophilic Syndrome* / physiopathology
  • Middle Aged