Churg-strauss syndrome with cholecystitis and renal involvement

Intern Med. 2003 Sep;42(9):893-6. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.893.

Abstract

A patient with bronchial asthma developed cholecystitis. Laboratory investigations revealed marked eosinophilia (6,615/mm3), an elevated anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody level and renal dysfunction (blood urea nitrogen 14 mg/dl, creatinine 1.4 mg/dl). Following cholecystectomy, histopathological examination revealed a marked inflammatory cell infiltrate composed mainly of eosinophils with evidence of invasion of the wall of the gall bladder and granuloma formation of arterioles. A diagnosis of Churg-Strauss syndrome was made and she was treated with 60 mg of prednisolone per day. A renal biopsy was performed one year later in view of persistent renal dysfunction. Pathological analysis revealed a pauci-immune glomerulonephritis with interstitial changes but no crescent formation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cholecystitis / complications*
  • Cholecystitis / surgery
  • Churg-Strauss Syndrome / complications
  • Churg-Strauss Syndrome / immunology*
  • Female
  • Glomerulonephritis / complications
  • Glomerulonephritis / immunology*
  • Glomerulonephritis / pathology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged