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http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2014.22.4.224

CARDIAC INVOLVEMENT IN HYPEREOSINOPHILIA ASSOCIATED WITH TOXOCARIASIS  

Park, Hyun-Joon (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine)
You, Ga-In (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine)
Cho, Kyoung-Im (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine)
Yang, Joung-Wook (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine)
Kim, Soo-Young (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine)
Kim, Hyun-Su (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine)
Cha, Tae-Joon (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine)
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Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging / v.22, no.4, 2014 , pp. 224-227 More about this Journal
Abstract
Cardiac involvement in hypereosinophilia is rare; when present, it manifests as ventricular thickening, usually with fibrous tissue and mural thrombosis. We present a case of a 57-year-old man with an abnormal right ventricular apex with eosinophilia, which was caused by Toxocara canis infection.
Keywords
Eosinophilia; Toxocara canis; Echocardiography;
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