A Case of Loeffler's Endocarditis with Acute Obstruction of Common Iliac Artery

ABSTRACT

Loeffler's endocarditis is a recognized complication of diseases associated with eosinophilia. This disease is considered to be a part of the idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome, which is characterized by persistently elevated blood eosinohil counts with symptoms and signs of organ involvement especially in the heart, nervous system, and bone marrow. We have experienced a case of Loeffler's endocarditis in a 51 years old man who complained of leg pain due to acute closure of left iliac artery by emboli. We found left ventricular mural thrombus by echocardiography and confirmed Loeffler's endocarditis by endomyocardial biopsy. We present a case with the review of literatures.