Abstract

FORERO ILLERA, Elias  and  LECHUGA ORTIZ, Jorge. Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis: a challenge for differential diagnosis. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2018, vol.34, n.2, pp.527-530. ISSN 0120-5552.  https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.34.2.616.07.

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), previously known as Churg-Strauss syndrome, is a rare small and medium vessels vasculitis, consisting of asthma, migratory pulmonary infiltrates and eosinophilia. Its low occurrence makes it difficult to achieve an early diagnosis, and hence a directed treatment in order to control it and avoid complications. We report a 31 year-old man with refractory asthma, who developed arthritis and multiplex mononeuritis. Before EGPA's diagnosis, he had just received asthma treatment (steroids, bronchodilators, antileukotriene and omalizumab); but once EGPA is confirmed and correct treatment was started, there was a remarkable clinical improvement.

Keywords : Churg Strauss; Vasculitis; Allergic granulomatosis; Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in English     · English ( pdf )