J Asthma Allergy Clin Immunol.  1998 Jun;18(2):316-323.

A Case of allergic angitis and granulomatosis with manifestation of pleuritis and pericarditis

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.

Keyword

allergic angitis and granulornatosis pleuritis pericarditis

MeSH Terms

Arteritis
Asthma
Biopsy
Eosinophilia
Eosinophils
Heart
Humans
Korea
Lung
Musculoskeletal System
Nephritis
Nervous System
Pericarditis*
Pericardium
Pleura
Pleurisy*
Rhinitis
Skin
Systemic Vasculitis
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