Eosinophilic pericardial effusion in Churg–Strauss syndrome

Eosinophilic Endomyocarditis Combined With Pericardial and Pleural Effusion

Eosinophilic endomyocarditis is a manifestation of hypereosinophilic syndrome, characterized by prolonged (>6 months), unexplained peripheral blood eosinophilia (>1,500 cells/mm(3)) with end-organ damage in unknown causes. We report a case of a 42-year-old patient who developed eosinophilic endomyocarditis following upper respiratory tract symptoms for 2 months. Additionally, endomyocarditis wa...

Cocaine Induced Pleural and Pericardial Effusion Syndrome

A 42-year-old African American female with chronic cocaine use for 20 years, presented with two-day history of exertional shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain. She was admitted three years back with acute kidney injury and skin rashes. At that time, skin biopsy was consistent with leukocytoclastic vasculitis and renal biopsy revealed proliferative glomerulonephritis. She responded to or...

Kocher-Debré-Sémélaigne syndrome with pericardial effusion.

Kocher-Debré-Sémélaigne syndrome (KDSS) is a rare association of muscular pseudohypertrophy and hypothyroidism in children. We report an 11-year-old female child with hypothyroidism and limb muscle pseudohypertrophy with pericardial effusion. The patient presented with hypertrichosis only. She had dull facies and marked hypertrophy of both calves and cervical muscles. Pericardial effusion was c...

Pericardial effusion.

Cytokines in Pericardial Effusion in a Down Syndrome

149 Received November 18, 2016; revised and accepted January 24, 2017. Published online February 14, 2017; doi: 10.1620/tjem.241.149. Correspondence: Yoshihiko Shitara, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1138655, Japan. e-mail: [email protected] Department of Neonatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, 4-23-15 Kotobashi, Sumida...