A malignant islet-cell tumour of the pancreas presented with both severe persistent eosinophilia and non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis in the same patient, likely reflecting ectopic synthesis.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report documents the rare co-occurrence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis and severe eosinophilia in a patient with a malignant islet-cell tumor of the pancreas.
A case of severe persistent eosinophilia and non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis complicating a malignant islet-cell tumour of the pancreas is documented. Although these are well recognized complications of malignant tumours, they do not appear to have been previously documented from the same patient. These complications probably reflect ectopic synthesis and are unlikely to be causally interrelated.
O’Boyle et al. (1981) conducted a case report in Malignant islet-cell tumour of the pancreas with non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis and eosinophilia (n=1). Malignant islet-cell tumour of the pancreas was evaluated. A malignant islet-cell tumour of the pancreas presented with both severe persistent eosinophilia and non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis in the same patient, likely reflecting ectopic synthesis.