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종결 Case No. 521 2019-07-01~2019-07-31
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Period 2019-07-01~2019-07-31
Diagnosis hypereosinophilic syndrome
Gender
  • M
  •  
  • F
Age 23
Clinical information M/23
C.C> leg weakness
진단은?
Discussion hypereosinophilic syndrome
Imaging findings
- Young age
- Multistage, multifocal borderzone infarctions
- Intact large arteries
- Endomyocardial fibrosis
Review
- Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES)
- Blood eosinophilia ≥1500/mm3 for more than 6 months
- lack of evidence for known causes of eosinophilia
- presumptive signs of end-organ damage
- Pathophysiology
- Thromboembolic infarction
 Vascular endothelial toxicity of eosinophilic cells
 Eosinophilic involvement of cardiac endocardium, endomyocardial fibrosis
 Platelet activation and aggregation, defect in anticoagulation
 Borderzone vulnerable to embolic infarction due to delayed and incomplete clearance of microemboli
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  • 박채정 연세의대 세브란스병원
  • 최규성 서울대학교병원
  • 신일아 연세대학교 세브란스병원
  • 문성준 경북대학교병원

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