Abstract
We report a case of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome in a young man, who showed symptoms and electrocardiographic findings mimicking an acute coronary syndrome. Two-dimensional echocardiography, together with laboratory data, allowed us to make the diagnosis and to start a treatment with imatinib mesylate, a 2-phenylamonopyrimidine-based tyrosine kinase inhibitor, which reversed the cardiac abnormalities.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Benzamides
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Echocardiography, Doppler*
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Electrocardiography
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Humans
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Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
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Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / drug therapy*
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Imatinib Mesylate
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Male
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Piperazines / therapeutic use*
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Protein Kinase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
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Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
Substances
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Benzamides
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Piperazines
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Protein Kinase Inhibitors
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Pyrimidines
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Imatinib Mesylate