Rapid onset of small intestinal perforation after successful steroid treatment in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis

• Published in: Modern rheumatology Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 968 - 970
• Main Authors: Ikeda, Keigo, Takasaki, Yoshinari, Sekigawa, Iwao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Female; Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis - complications; Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis - drug therapy; Humans; Intestinal Perforation - etiology; Steroids - therapeutic use; Intestinal perforation; EGPA; Necrotizing vasculitis

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a disorder characterized by extravascular granulomas, hypereosinophilia, and pulmonary and systemic small-vessel vasculitis. Bowel perforation is a rare but often fatal complication of EGPA. In the present report, we describe a case of small in...