Fulminant eosinophilic myocarditis treated with steroids and mechanical unloading: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eosinophilic myocarditis is a rare form of myocardial inflammatory disease. Eosinophilic infiltration of the myocardium is often the consequence of a systemic disorder but can remain unexplained in up to a third of patients. The disease course can range from mild to fulminant myocarditis and mortality remains high for fulminant cases.

Case summary

A 42-year-old male was admitted for cardiogenic shock. He presented in another hospital with fever, low blood pressure, diffuse electrocardiogram-abnormalities, and elevated troponin T (4.5 µg/L; reference <0.013 µg/L) levels. Coronary angiography was unremarkable. Mechanical circulatory support with the Impella^TM CP device was initiated. Since fulminant myocarditis was suspected and magnetic resonance imaging

SUBMITTER: Balthazar T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7891289 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature