Abstract

SANCHEZ BETANCOURT, Alfredo  and  GONZALEZ COLE, Milagros. Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Review and case report of a patient with eosinophilia, lower limb mononeuropathy, sinusitis and asthma. Rev.Colomb.Reumatol. [online]. 2015, vol.22, n.3, pp.180-185. ISSN 0121-8123.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcreu.2015.06.003.

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis is a rare disease frequently associated with asthma and sinusitis. This condition poses a challenge for clinicians because it manifests itself in different phases, as there is often a delay in the diagnosis, with serious consequences for the patients. There are a wide variety of clinical manifestations of the disease such as cutaneous, respiratory, cardiac, ENT, neurological, and renal involvement, to name a few. A case report is presented involving a 26 year old female with a history of chronic rhinosi-nusitis, vitiligo, and recent onset asthma who was seen in the emergency department a San José hospital on many occasions with bronchospasm and eosinophilia. She later developed a peripheral neuropathy in her lower extremity. A literature review on the subject is also presented.

Keywords : Vasculitis; Eosinophilic granulomatosis; Churg-Strauss; Peripheral neuropathy; ANCA positive vasculitis; Polyangiitis.

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