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Cerebral Infarction and Myalgia in a 75-year-old Man with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a rare condition of systemic vasculitis of small to medium-sized blood vessels. We herein report the case of a 75-year-old man who presented with hemiplegia on his right side due to cerebral infarction following myalgia and a high fever. He had...

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Autores principales: Ueta, Yuki, Akiba, Yuki, Yamazaki, Jun, Okubo, Yoshihiko, Taguchi, Takeshi, Terashi, Hiroo, K. Hayashi, Yukiko, Aizawa, Hitoshi
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7759697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32759588
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.5099-20
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author Ueta, Yuki
Akiba, Yuki
Yamazaki, Jun
Okubo, Yoshihiko
Taguchi, Takeshi
Terashi, Hiroo
K. Hayashi, Yukiko
Aizawa, Hitoshi
author_facet Ueta, Yuki
Akiba, Yuki
Yamazaki, Jun
Okubo, Yoshihiko
Taguchi, Takeshi
Terashi, Hiroo
K. Hayashi, Yukiko
Aizawa, Hitoshi
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description Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a rare condition of systemic vasculitis of small to medium-sized blood vessels. We herein report the case of a 75-year-old man who presented with hemiplegia on his right side due to cerebral infarction following myalgia and a high fever. He had no history of asthma or allergic rhinitis. He was diagnosed with EGPA based on the presence of eosinophilia, sinusitis suggested by magnetic resonance imaging, and muscle pathology. His hemiplegia improved rapidly after corticosteroid therapy. This case suggests that EGPA should be a differential diagnosis of cerebral infarction with myalgia and eosinophilia.
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spelling pubmed-77596972020-12-31 Cerebral Infarction and Myalgia in a 75-year-old Man with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Ueta, Yuki Akiba, Yuki Yamazaki, Jun Okubo, Yoshihiko Taguchi, Takeshi Terashi, Hiroo K. Hayashi, Yukiko Aizawa, Hitoshi Intern Med Case Report Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a rare condition of systemic vasculitis of small to medium-sized blood vessels. We herein report the case of a 75-year-old man who presented with hemiplegia on his right side due to cerebral infarction following myalgia and a high fever. He had no history of asthma or allergic rhinitis. He was diagnosed with EGPA based on the presence of eosinophilia, sinusitis suggested by magnetic resonance imaging, and muscle pathology. His hemiplegia improved rapidly after corticosteroid therapy. This case suggests that EGPA should be a differential diagnosis of cerebral infarction with myalgia and eosinophilia. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2020-08-04 2020-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7759697/ /pubmed/32759588 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.5099-20 Text en Copyright © 2020 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The Internal Medicine is an Open Access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Case Report
Ueta, Yuki
Akiba, Yuki
Yamazaki, Jun
Okubo, Yoshihiko
Taguchi, Takeshi
Terashi, Hiroo
K. Hayashi, Yukiko
Aizawa, Hitoshi
Cerebral Infarction and Myalgia in a 75-year-old Man with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
title Cerebral Infarction and Myalgia in a 75-year-old Man with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
title_full Cerebral Infarction and Myalgia in a 75-year-old Man with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
title_fullStr Cerebral Infarction and Myalgia in a 75-year-old Man with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
title_full_unstemmed Cerebral Infarction and Myalgia in a 75-year-old Man with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
title_short Cerebral Infarction and Myalgia in a 75-year-old Man with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
title_sort cerebral infarction and myalgia in a 75-year-old man with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7759697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32759588
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.5099-20
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