Update on eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Allergology International, 2019 Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) (formerly Churg-Strauss syndrome) is a rare form of anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis characterized by eosinophil-rich granulomatous inflammation and small to medium-size ...
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A presentation of recurrent cerebral ischemic stroke in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case ReportsBackground Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis is characterized as a small vessel vasculitis with the propensity to have a myriad of presentations due to the targeting of several different organ systems. More often than not, it is the pulmonary
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Eosinophilic Cholecystitis Associated with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis [PDF]
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2020 We report a case of eosinophilic cholecystitis associated with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) complicated by cerebral hemorrhage.
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Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis: an overview [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2014 Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a multisystemic disorder, belonging to the small vessel ANCA-associated vasculitis, defined as a eosinophil-rich and necrotizing granulomatous inflammation often involving the respiratory tract, and
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An overlap of granulomatosis with polyangiitis and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2017 We present a case report of overlap of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA; formerly known as Wegener’s granulomatosis) and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA; formerly known as Churg-Strauss syndrome).
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Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
New England Journal of Medicine, 2022 A 42-year-old man presented with red, painful eyes, facial-nerve palsy on the left side, a large oral ulcer, and petechiae. Tests for antibodies against perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody and proteinase 3 were positive. Skin biopsy revealed leukocytoclastic vasculitis with perivascular eosinophils.
Geng-Yi Yong, Amelia L.-S. Lim
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Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis across the eosinophilic spectrum: from molecular mechanisms to practical differential diagnosis and targeted therapy [PDF]
RheumatologyIntroduction Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a rare anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis defined by asthma, hypereosinophilia, and multiorgan involvement.
Aleksandra Hus, Małgorzata Wisłowska
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Prevasculitic Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis [PDF]
Cureus, 2021 Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is an exceptionally rare systemic necrotizing vasculitis. The disease is clinically characterized by asthma with concomitant blood and tissue eosinophilia, often progressing to eosinophilic vasculitis. From the onset of asthma, there is usually a three to nine year delay of EGPA diagnosis.
Burtson, Kathryn M, Bishop, Jonathan
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Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis induced by montelukast [PDF]
Acta Clinica CroaticaLeukotriene receptor antagonists are a class of drugs used in maintenance therapy of asthma. Among the adverse effects induced by them, particularly by montelukast, is eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), which manifests as a form of vasculitis co-occurring with severe asthma and eosinophilia.
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Wells’ syndrome associated with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis − A case report [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2021 Introduction. Wells` syndrome (eosinophilic cellulitis) is a chronic, recurrent disease characterized by episodes of erythematous and edematous plaques or nodules with occasional development of hemorrhagic bullae on the trunk and limbs.
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