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A Rare Cause of Peripheral Vascular Thrombosis: Hypereosinophilia Caused by Toxocara canis Infection

톡소카라증에 의한 호산구증으로 발생한 말초혈관혈전증 1예

  • Pyo, Jeung Hui (Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Min, Byoung-Ju (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Min Seon (Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Ku, Dae Hoe (Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Jung, Chang Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Sim, Jae Kyeom (Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Min, Hye Sook (Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine)
  • 표정의 (고려대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 민병주 (고려대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 박민선 (고려대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 구대회 (고려대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 정창호 (고려대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 심재겸 (고려대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 민혜숙 (고려대학교 의과대학 내과학교실)
  • Received : 2013.04.12
  • Accepted : 2013.09.23
  • Published : 2014.06.01
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Abstract

Hypereosinophilia is often associated with eosinphilic infiltration of tissue, which can lead to severe and irreversible organ damage. One of the most characteristic and critical complications is development of thrombosis in cardiac ventricles, and occasionally in deep veins. We report a rare case of hypereosinophilia, with peripheral vascular thrombosis, caused by Toxocara canis infection.

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