A Case of allergic angitis and granulomatosis with manifestation of pleuritis and pericarditis.
- Author:
Chang In KIM
;
Dong Yul HA
;
Young Koo JEE
;
Kye Young LEE
;
Keun Youl KIM
;
Young Hee CHOI
;
Na Hae MYUNG
;
Pil Weon SEO
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
allergic angitis and granulornatosis pleuritis pericarditis
- MeSH:
Arteritis;
Asthma;
Biopsy;
Eosinophilia;
Eosinophils;
Heart;
Humans;
Korea;
Lung;
Musculoskeletal System;
Nephritis;
Nervous System;
Pericarditis*;
Pericardium;
Pleura;
Pleurisy*;
Rhinitis;
Skin;
Systemic Vasculitis
- From:Journal of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
1998;18(2):316-323
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Allergic angitis and granulomatosis is a kind of rare systemic vasculitis, with various manifestations of disease of lung, heart, skin, musculoskeletal system, nervous system and hepatobiliary tract. There was no report of a case with manifestation of pleuritis and pericarditis, while several cases had been reported in Korea. So we here report a case of allergic angitis and granulomatosis with manifestations of pleuritis and pericarditis. The case also showed clinical manifestations of hypereosinophilia, asthma, rhinitis, pulmonary infilterates with eosinophilia and nephritis. Open lung biopsy showed arteritis with heavy infilteration of activated eosinophil in lung, pleura and pericardium. The involvement of heart might cause critical complication leading death. The patients who are supposed as allergic angitis and granulomatosis should be examined for the involvement of heart.
