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Endomyocardial fibrosis and mural thrombus in a 4-year-old girl due to idiopathic hypereosinophilia syndrome described with serial cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2015

Christiana P. Tai ,
Taylor Chung  and
Kishor Avasarala
Christiana P. Tai*
Affiliation:
Graduate Medical Education, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland, California, USA
Taylor Chung
Affiliation:
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland, California, USA
Kishor Avasarala
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland, 94609 California, USA
*
Correspondence to: C. P. Tai, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, 747 52nd Street, Oakland, CA 94609, United States of America. Tel: 510-428-3000; Fax: (510) 601-3979; E-mail: ChTai@mail.cho.org
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Abstract

We present the case of a 4-year-old girl with idiopathic hypereosinophilia syndrome, endomyocardial fibrosis, and mural thrombus. This condition is rarely seen in children outside the tropics. Myocardial biopsy is historically the standard for diagnosis. Reports in adult literature, however, have shown the utility of cardiac MRI as a non-invasive tool for diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case with serial cardiac MRI in a child.

Keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance imagingidiopathic hypereosinophilia syndromeendomyocardial fibrosis

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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , pp. 168 - 171
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© Cambridge University Press 2015 

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