ANCA-negative glomerulonephritis associated with nonasthmatic Churg-Strauss syndrome
Asha J Chemmalakuzhy1, Xin J Zhou, S Susan Hedayati
1Division of Nephrology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75216-7167, USA.
Background:
A 36-year-old white male with a history of allergic rhinitis and sinusitis presented to the emergency room with abdominal pain and diarrhea. Physical examination revealed fever, hypoxemia and a maculopapular rash. Laboratory tests showed proteinuria, hematuria, leukocytosis, eosinophilia and an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
Investigations:
Physical examination, urine and blood analysis and culture, chest radiography, chest and abdominal CT, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, skin and kidney biopsy, serology and renal ultrasound.
Diagnosis:
Pauci-immune focal necrotizing glomerulonephritis with crescents and interstitial eosinophilia, consistent with Churg-Strauss syndrome.
Management:
The patient was treated with methylprednisolone 1 g/day intravenously for 3 days. He also received oral clotrimazole and combined oral sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim for prophylaxis against candidiasis and pneumonia, respectively. He left the hospital against medical advice and was lost to follow-up.
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