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Mitral Valve Destruction by Hodgkin’s Lymphoma-Associated Loefler Endocarditis

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We present a case of nearly total posterior mitral leaflet destruction due to Loeffler endocarditis associated with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in a 15-year-old adolescent. The patient was treated medically with subsequent surgical mitral valve replacement. Cardiac aspects of hypereosinophilic syndrome are also discussed.

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  1. Pediatric Cardiology & GUCH, Rambam Health Care Campus, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel

    Sergey Yalonetsky & Avraham Lorber

  2. Cardiac Surgery, Shiva Medical Center, Tel Ha-Shomer, Israel

    David Mishaly

  3. Pediatric Oncology & Haematology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel

    Ayelet Ben-Barak

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Yalonetsky, S., Mishaly, D., Ben-Barak, A. et al. Mitral Valve Destruction by Hodgkin’s Lymphoma-Associated Loefler Endocarditis. Pediatr Cardiol 29, 983–985 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-007-9135-6

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