An autopsy case of idiopathic fulminant eosinophilic myocarditis: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eosinophilic myocarditis is a rare and fatal form of inflammatory myocardial disease. It is frequently caused by a systemic disorder, which can remain undetected in up to one-third of patients. Eosinophilic myocarditis can have mild to fulminant clinical presentation.

Case summary

We present a case of fulminant eosinophilic myocarditis in a 68-year-old woman. The patient was admitted for cardiogenic shock with electrocardiographic abnormalities and elevated troponin I levels. After an unremarkable coronary angiography, a myocardial biopsy was performed. Right-heart catheterization revealed low cardiac output and elevated mean pulmonary arterial wedge pressure. A lower pulmonary artery pulsatility index (0.63) indicated right ventricular dysfunction. Despite intens

SUBMITTER: Koyama E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12168754 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature