Left Ventricular Cavity Obliteration From Eosinophilic Myocarditis in a Patient With Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma

Michael I. Brener, MD; Stefano Ravalli, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2020)

Left Ventricular Cavity Obliteration From Eosinophilic Myocarditis in a Patient With Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma

Michael I. Brener, MD,
Stefano Ravalli, MD

Affiliations

Michael I. Brener, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Michael Brener, New York Presbyterian-Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, 630 West 168th Street, PH 10-203, Box 93, New York, New York 10032.; Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York Presbyterian-Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
Stefano Ravalli, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York Presbyterian-Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 210 – 215

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A 43-year-old female with a history of hypereosinophilia developed acutely decompensated heart failure. Prototypical features of eosinophilic myocarditis, including a distinctive left ventricular mass and severe mitral regurgitation, were identified on a transthoracic echocardiogram. The patient’s eosinophilia was subsequently attributed to Hodgkin lymphoma, and chemotherapy resolved her heart failure symptoms. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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