Clinicopathological analysis of a patient with hypereosinophilic syndrome who demonstrated disseminated eosinophilic infiltration in various organs at autopsy.

Abstract

A case (41 year old man) of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome is presented. Typical eosinophilic endocarditis with restrictive cardiac failure and ventricular thrombosis was demonstrated by various clinical investigations, including cardiac pool scan and biopsy. The patient died after 22 months, and an autopsy revealed disseminated eosinophilic infiltration in the pancardium of the whole heart, aorta, main pulmonary artery, liver, and spleen.