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SUBMITTER: Mansour MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5963242 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May-Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mansour Mohamad Jihad MJ Rahal Malek M Chammas Elie E Hamoui Omar O Aljaroudi Wael W
Annals of pediatric cardiology 20180501 2
A 9-year-old boy with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) was referred for cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging following an abnormal echocardiogram that showed a large mass layered on the inferolateral wall of the left ventricle, causing secondary severe mitral regurgitation. Cardiac involvement in HES usually affects the ventricular apex. In our case, CMR confirmed the presence of a large mural thrombus of 0.9 cm × 4.2 cm. This unusual cardiac involvement in HES was diagnosed in its intermedi ...[more]