Uzma Anwar, Maria Tahir, Nida Wali Khan, Tayyaba Tahir, Javed Ali.
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with Polyangiitis presenting as Necrotizing Glomerulonephritis.
J Med Sci Jan ;31(04):342-4.

Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) previously known as Churg-Strauss syndrome, belongs to a group of diseases with features of necrotizing vasculitis of small and medium-sized arteries. Its distinctive features include rhinosinusitis, asthma, prominent blood eosinophilia. We hereby report a case of a 70-year-old male patient with a history of newly diagnosed hypertension and asthma, presented to us with bilateral lower limb edema. His investigations showed proteinuria of 1.7g/24hours and p-ANCA positive. His renal biopsy was done which was reported as Necrotizing Glomerulonephritis.

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