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Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss syndrome)

Last reviewed: 13 Sep 2025
Last updated: 16 Jan 2024

Summary

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • history of asthma, allergic rhinitis, or sinusitis
  • focal numbness or weakness
  • nasal discharge or stuffiness, or facial pain
  • palpable purpura and petechiae
  • wheeze
  • hemoptysis
  • skin nodules
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • use of certain medications
  • fatigue, arthralgias, myalgias
  • shortness of breath or cough
  • abdominal pain
  • sensory or motor deficits
  • tachypnea
  • rales
  • peripheral edema
  • orthopnea
  • hepatojugular reflux
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Fatores de risco

  • history of asthma, allergic rhinitis, or sinusitis
  • use of certain medications
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • CBC with differential
  • serum antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)
  • serum CRP
  • erythrocyte sedimentation rate
  • serum BUN and creatinine
  • urinalysis
  • pulmonary function test
  • chest x-ray
  • echocardiography
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • flow cytometry of peripheral blood
  • molecular testing for FIP1L1/PDGFR alpha mutation
  • serum IgE
  • serum-specific IgE and IgG to Aspergillus fumigatus
  • stool culture for ova and parasites
  • Toxocara serology
  • CT chest
  • electromyogram
  • bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)
  • biopsy of affected tissue
  • lower extremity ultrasound
  • CT angiography
  • bone marrow biopsy
  • thiopurine methyltransferase level
  • HIV testing
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Novos exames

  • cardiac MRI
  • eotaxin-3

Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

nonsevere EGPA

severe EGPA

CONTÍNUA

relapse following successful remission

Colaboradores

Autores

Karina Keogh, MBBCh

Assistant Professor

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Mayo Clinic

Rochester

MN

Declarações

KK is an author of a number of references cited in this topic and has developed educational material on Churg-Strauss syndrome for First Consult (Elsevier), and received an education grant from GlaxoSmithKline for lectures given on EGPA at Boston University. KK has undertaken contractual research for GlaxoSmithKline (utilizing mepolizumab in asthma trials) and AstraZeneca (asthma trial), but received no personal financial gain for this work.

Agradecimentos

Dr Karina Keogh would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Garvan Kane, a previous contributor to this topic.

Declarações

GK is an author of some references cited in this topic.

Revisores

Raashid Luqmani, DM, FRCP, FRCP(E)

Professor of Rheumatology

NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit

Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Science

University of Oxford

Oxford

UK

Declarações

RL has organisational financial interests with funds received for consultation and training on disease assessment in vasculitis for GlaxoSmithKline, Nordic, and Chemocentryx. RL has received personal funds for lectures on vasculitis from Roche and Nippon Kayaku. RL is an author of a reference cited in this topic.

Matthew D. Morgan, MB ChB, MRCP, PhD

Clinical Senior Lecturer in Renal Medicine

Centre for Translational Inflammation Research

University of Birmingham Research Laboratories

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

Birmingham

UK

Declarações

MDM has been a paid consultant for Sphere Medical Ltd, and has received research grants and funding from GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis.

Philip Seo, MD, MHS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Rheumatology

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Co-Director

Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center

Baltimore

MD

Declarações

PS declares that he has no competing interests.

Jaap Van Laar, MD, PhD

Professor of Clinical Rheumatology

Institute of Cellular Medicine

Newcastle University

Newcastle upon Tyne

Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist

The James Cook University Hospital

Middlesbrough

UK

Declarações

JVL is consultant for Roche, the manufacturer of rituximab, and has received speaker fees and reimbursements for attending several conferences.

Robert A. Ortmann, MD

Associate Professor and Director

Division of Rheumatology

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock

AR

Declarações

RAO declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewer acknowledgements

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Disclosures

Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.

Referências

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Principais artigos

Ntatsaki E, Carruthers D, Chakravarty K, et al; BSR and BHPR Standards, Guidelines and Audit Working Group. BSR and BHPR guideline for the management of adults with ANCA-associated vasculitis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2014 Dec;53(12):2306-9.Texto completo  Resumo

Groh M, Pagnoux C, Baldini C, et al. Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss) (EGPA) Consensus Task Force recommendations for evaluation and management. Eur J Intern Med. 2015 Sep;26(7):545-53.Texto completo  Resumo

Chung SA, Langford CA, Maz M, et al. 2021 American College of Rheumatology/Vasculitis Foundation guideline for the management of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 Aug;73(8):1366-83.Texto completo  Resumo

Hellmich B, Sanchez-Alamo B, Schirmer JH, et al. EULAR recommendations for the management of ANCA-associated vasculitis: 2022 update. Ann Rheum Dis. 2023 Mar 16:ard-2022-223764.Texto completo  Resumo

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