Abstract
A twenty-eight year old man was admitted with a cerebrovascular accident and hypereosinophilia secondary to microfilarial infection. Endomyocardial biopsy revealed focal eosinophilic myocarditis. The intriguing presence of this asymptomatic myocarditis raises interesting possibilities.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 348-349 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | International Journal of Cardiology |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1991 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Eosinophilia
- Filariasis
- Myocarditis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine