Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Korean Society of Echocardiography (한국심초음파학회)
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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)
  • Received : 2014.06.25
  • Accepted : 2014.11.27
  • Published : 2014.12.27
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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.

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