2022
DOI: 10.4314/aamed.v15i4.9
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Eosinophilic granulomatosis with Anti-MPO-C-ANCA-associated polyangitis: a case report illustrating the diagnosis difficulty

Abstract: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangitis (EGPA), formerly known as Churg-Strauss syndrome, with antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA) is a rare vasculitis. The CANCA is mainly antibodies to proteinase-3 and the P-ANCA is antibodies to myeloperoxidase (MPO). The EGPA with C-ANCA with antibodies anti-MPO has never been described in Subsaharan Africa. Medical investigations allowed excluding infectious diseases, malignancies and other rheumatic affections. Thus, clinical and paraclinical data sugge… Show more

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