Wegener’s Granulomatosis with Peripheral Eosinophilia in a Young Adult Patient

Authors

  • Sunil Kumar JawaharLal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, wardha, Maharastra
  • S K Diwan JawaharLal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, wardha, Maharastra
  • Swapnil Chillawar JawaharLal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, wardha, Maharastra
  • Shagun Shabarwal JawaharLal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, wardha, Maharastra
  • Sonam Goyal JawaharLal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, wardha, Maharastra
  • Shraddha Jain JawaharLal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, wardha, Maharastra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jom.v14i2.19689

Keywords:

Wegener’s granulomatosis, eosinophilia, Churg- Strauss syndrome, young adult

Abstract

Wegeners granulomatosis is a rare autoimmue disease with multi-system involvement that manifests as granulomatous vasculitic lesions, mainly involving the upper respiratory tract, lower respiratory tract and kidney. We present a case in a young adult male patient presenting with complaints of epistaxis, cough and hemoptysis who was diagnosed as Wegeners granulomatosiswith peripheral eosinophilia on the basis of chest x-ray and CT Chest and pathological confirmation by high level of serum cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jom.v14i2.19689

J Medicine 2013, 14(2): 204-206

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Author Biographies

Sunil Kumar, JawaharLal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, wardha, Maharastra

Associate professor, Department of medicine

S K Diwan, JawaharLal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, wardha, Maharastra

Professor, Department of Medicine

Swapnil Chillawar, JawaharLal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, wardha, Maharastra

Resident, Department of Medicine

Shagun Shabarwal, JawaharLal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, wardha, Maharastra

Resident, Department of Medicine

Sonam Goyal, JawaharLal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, wardha, Maharastra

Resident, Department of Medicine

Shraddha Jain, JawaharLal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, wardha, Maharastra

Associate professor, Department of ENT

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Published

2014-07-24

How to Cite

Kumar, S., Diwan, S. K., Chillawar, S., Shabarwal, S., Goyal, S., & Jain, S. (2014). Wegener’s Granulomatosis with Peripheral Eosinophilia in a Young Adult Patient. Journal of Medicine, 14(2), 204–206. https://doi.org/10.3329/jom.v14i2.19689

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2013)

Section

Case Reports

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