Imaging patterns of cerebral ischemia in hypereosinophilic syndrome: case report and systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Ischemic stroke is a potential complication of hypereosinophilic syndromes (HES), and little is known about underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. We aimed to describe the imaging patterns of cerebral ischemia in patients with HES.

Methods

An individual case is reported. A systematic PubMed review of all records reporting adult patients with HES who suffered ischemic stroke and for whom neuroimaging details of ischemic lesions were available was performed.

Results

A 60-year-old man presented with progressive subacute gait difficulty and psychomotor slowing as well as an absolute eosinophilia (2.2 × 10⁹/L) at admission. Brain magnetic resonance tomography revealed multiple acute and subacute internal and external border zone infarcts. Cardiac

SUBMITTER: Miethe K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9349058 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature