Loeffler’s Endocarditis – Unforgiving Eosinophilic Damage to the Endocardium
Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is defined as hypereosinophilia due to any cause (absolute eosinophil count > 1500 cells/μL) in the peripheral blood, which leads to eosinophil-mediated multiorgan damage. Cardiac involvement is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with HE...
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| description | Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is defined as hypereosinophilia due to any cause (absolute eosinophil count > 1500 cells/μL) in the peripheral blood, which leads to eosinophil-mediated multiorgan damage. Cardiac involvement is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with HES. Here, we discuss a case of eosinophilia-related endomyocardial involvement, also known as Loeffler’s endocarditis, a rare form of restrictive cardiomyopathy. Notably, on genetic analysis, he was found to have a rare FIP1-like-1-platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha-associated myeloproliferative variant of HES, which responded to imatinib, making it one of the very few reported cases of such kind. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c33b3db87fdd4e7a98e5e41347297a7d2025-01-12T10:20:38ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of the Indian Academy of Echocardiography & Cardiovascular Imaging2543-14632543-14712024-12-018320120510.4103/jiae.jiae_43_24Loeffler’s Endocarditis – Unforgiving Eosinophilic Damage to the EndocardiumAjay SinhaPramod KumarSaket SharmaShraddha RanjanHypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is defined as hypereosinophilia due to any cause (absolute eosinophil count > 1500 cells/μL) in the peripheral blood, which leads to eosinophil-mediated multiorgan damage. Cardiac involvement is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with HES. Here, we discuss a case of eosinophilia-related endomyocardial involvement, also known as Loeffler’s endocarditis, a rare form of restrictive cardiomyopathy. Notably, on genetic analysis, he was found to have a rare FIP1-like-1-platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha-associated myeloproliferative variant of HES, which responded to imatinib, making it one of the very few reported cases of such kind.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jiae.jiae_43_24eosinophiliafip1-like-1-platelet-derived growth factor receptor alphahypereosinophilic syndromeloeffler’s endocarditisparasitic infectionsrestrictive cardiomyopathy |
| spellingShingle | Ajay Sinha Pramod Kumar Saket Sharma Shraddha Ranjan Loeffler’s Endocarditis – Unforgiving Eosinophilic Damage to the Endocardium Journal of the Indian Academy of Echocardiography & Cardiovascular Imaging eosinophilia fip1-like-1-platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha hypereosinophilic syndrome loeffler’s endocarditis parasitic infections restrictive cardiomyopathy |
| title | Loeffler’s Endocarditis – Unforgiving Eosinophilic Damage to the Endocardium |
| title_full | Loeffler’s Endocarditis – Unforgiving Eosinophilic Damage to the Endocardium |
| title_fullStr | Loeffler’s Endocarditis – Unforgiving Eosinophilic Damage to the Endocardium |
| title_full_unstemmed | Loeffler’s Endocarditis – Unforgiving Eosinophilic Damage to the Endocardium |
| title_short | Loeffler’s Endocarditis – Unforgiving Eosinophilic Damage to the Endocardium |
| title_sort | loeffler s endocarditis unforgiving eosinophilic damage to the endocardium |
| topic | eosinophilia fip1-like-1-platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha hypereosinophilic syndrome loeffler’s endocarditis parasitic infections restrictive cardiomyopathy |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jiae.jiae_43_24 |
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