The portrait of a stranger: the hypereosinophilic syndrome with cardiac involvement

Abstract

Hypereosinophilic syndrome is a rare clinical condition, and cardiac involvement confers a poor prognosis. Hypereosinophilic myocarditis is a medical emergency and targeted treatment should be started promptly even before a definitive diagnosis could be made.

Keywords

• hypereosinophilic syndrome
• eosinophilic myocarditis
• myocarditis
• glucocorticoid therapy
• tibial neuropathy