Idiopathic hypereosinophilia syndrome with loeffler endocarditis, embolic cerebral infarction, and left hydranencephaly: A case report

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-212

  Lin, Chih Hsiang ^a   Chang, Wen Neng ^a   Chua, Sarah ^a   Ko, Sheung Fat ^a   Shih, Lee Yung ^a   Huang, Chi Wei ^a   Chang, Chiung Chih ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiac thrombus; Embolic stroke; Hydranencephaly; Hypereosinophilia

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; EMBOLIC CEREBRAL INFARCTION; EMERGENCY CARE; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; ENDOCARDITIS; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYDRANENCEPHALY; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOEFFLER ENDOCARDITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OOCYTE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; SLURRED SPEECH; STEROID THERAPY; STROKE; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; BRAIN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRANENCEPHALY; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349686572     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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