[Allergic granulomatous angiitis].
Allergic granulomatous angiitis (AGA)--Churg-Strauss syndrome, is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by three distinct clinical phases: prodromal, eosinophilic, and vasculitic, and most of respiratory symptoms and signs begin in the first two phases of the disease. Two female patients of different age, who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for AGA, and were in different phases and with the different duration of the disease are presented. The first patient (24 years of age) was admitted to the hospital due to aggravation of asthma, heart failure, and polyneuropathy. The second one (45 years of age) was also hospitalized due to the worsening of asthma, polyneuropathy, and fever. Both were treated continuously with glucocorticoids. The older patient also received a total of six pulse doses of cyclophosphamide. Satisfactory response to such a treatment was achieved in both cases.
Trifunović
Gordana
G
Vojnomedicinska akademija, Klinika za bolesti, Beograd.
Plavec
Goran
G
Tomić
Ilija
I
Popović
Lidija
L
Stefanović
Dusan
D
D000328:Adult; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic