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Multiple cerebral infarction diagnosed as Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis by autopsy

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Title
Multiple cerebral infarction diagnosed as Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis by autopsy
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BMC Neurology, November 2019
DOI 10.1186/s12883-019-1515-z
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Kenichiro Hira, Hideki Shimura, Riyu Kamata, Masashi Takanashi, Akane Hashizume, Keiji Takahashi, Mizuho Sugiyama, Hiroshi Izumi, Nobutaka Hattori, Takao Urabe

Abstract

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a rare systemic vasculitis of unknown cause involving the brain and accompanied by prominent eosinophilia. Intracardiac thrombosis is a major cardiac complication of EGPA that may cause thromboembolism. A 53-year-old man presenting with abulia (consciousness disturbance) and left upper limb paralysis was admitted to our hospital. His case was complicated by penetrating branches, small vessel infarcts, and endocardial thrombosis in the right and left ventricle. Cardiomyopathy was also observed. Sixteen days after admission, the patient died from intracranial hemorrhage. Brain autopsy revealed two major findings: 1) large hemorrhagic infarction caused by cardiac embolism; and 2) granuloma and eosinophil infiltration. Vasculitis was accompanied by eosinophil infiltration in the cortical blood vessels and granuloma. In this case study, we report autopsy findings of brain infarction in a patient with EGPA and endocardial thrombosis. The brain infarction was caused by the cardiac embolisms and vasculitis.

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Unknown 15 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 2 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 13%
Student > Master 1 7%
Other 1 7%
Student > Bachelor 1 7%
Other 1 7%
Unknown 7 47%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 6 40%
Neuroscience 1 7%
Unknown 8 53%
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