[Allergic granulomatous angiitis]. 1993

L Yu, and N Zhao, and Y J Zhu
Department of Internal Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

Allergic granulomatous angiitis (AGA) is a rare disease, which varies in clinical manifestation. The clinical course includes three stages. In the first stage most of the patients show symptoms of respiratory disease, 82 per cent of the patients has asthma and 88 per cent chronic rhinitis. In the second stage there is blood eosinophilia and in the last stage involvement of multiple organs. The etiology is not yet clear. Since 1982 four cases of AGA have been encountered in PUMC Hospital, but they were all diagnosed after 1988. All were male and aged 36-54 years. Two of them had asthma history and three enlargement of liver and proteinuria, ECG showed heart block in two, all four had neuromuscular and cutaneous involvement and elevated blood eosinophil with absolute number ranging from 1254 to 8104/mm3. Biopsy from different sites showed panangiitis associated with eosinophil infiltration and/or granulomatosis formation. All were sensitive to prednisone therapy with or without CTX after treatment the absolute eosinophil count in the four patients was less than 1000/mm3 and the symptoms alleviated.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011241 Prednisone A synthetic anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid derived from CORTISONE. It is biologically inert and converted to PREDNISOLONE in the liver. Dehydrocortisone,delta-Cortisone,Apo-Prednisone,Cortan,Cortancyl,Cutason,Dacortin,Decortin,Decortisyl,Deltasone,Encorton,Encortone,Enkortolon,Kortancyl,Liquid Pred,Meticorten,Orasone,Panafcort,Panasol,Predni Tablinen,Prednidib,Predniment,Prednison Acsis,Prednison Galen,Prednison Hexal,Pronisone,Rectodelt,Sone,Sterapred,Ultracorten,Winpred,Acsis, Prednison
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D015267 Churg-Strauss Syndrome Widespread necrotizing angiitis with granulomas. Pulmonary involvement is frequent. Asthma or other respiratory infection may precede evidence of vasculitis. Eosinophilia and lung involvement differentiate this disease from POLYARTERITIS NODOSA. Allergic Angiitis,Allergic Granulomatous Angiitis,Angiitis, Allergic Granulomatous,EGPA Disorder,Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis,Vasculitis, Churg-Strauss,Allergic Angiitis and Granulomatosis,Allergic Granulomatosis,Allergic Granulomatous and Angiitis,Eosinophilic Granulomatous Vasculitis,Granulomatous Allergic Angiitis,Allergic Angiitides,Allergic Angiitides, Granulomatous,Allergic Angiitis, Granulomatous,Allergic Granulomatoses,Allergic Granulomatous Angiitides,Angiitides, Allergic,Angiitides, Allergic Granulomatous,Angiitides, Granulomatous Allergic,Angiitis, Allergic,Angiitis, Granulomatous Allergic,Churg Strauss Syndrome,Churg-Strauss Vasculitis,Disorder, EGPA,Disorders, EGPA,EGPA Disorders,Granulomatoses, Allergic,Granulomatosis, Allergic,Granulomatous Allergic Angiitides,Granulomatous Angiitides, Allergic,Granulomatous Angiitis, Allergic,Granulomatous Vasculitides, Eosinophilic,Granulomatous Vasculitis, Eosinophilic,Syndrome, Churg-Strauss,Vasculitides, Eosinophilic Granulomatous,Vasculitis, Churg Strauss,Vasculitis, Eosinophilic Granulomatous

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