Vidhyalakshmy Vivek, Sumeet Yadav, Hariprasad R Korsapati, Mikael Mir, Shika Jain, Abbas B Jama, Setu Trivedi, Qiping Xu, Namratha S Meda, Syed Ali, Anwar Khedr, Esraa Hassan, Noura Attallah, Harsha Patnaik, Sri U Jeevani Obulareddy, Ibtisam Rauf, Aishwarya R Korsapati, Salim Surani, Syed A Khan, Nitesh K Jain, Hasnain Bawaadam
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) also referred to as Churg-Strauss syndrome is a rare vasculitis of the small to medium vessels. We present a rare case of acute coronary artery dissection brought on by EGPA, which generally has a poor prognosis. A 41-year-old male with history of bronchial asthma presented to the emergency room with a 2-week history of dyspnea, cough with clear phlegm, and fever. For the past eight months he had experienced episodes with similar symptoms relieved by steroids...
2023: Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives