Churg-Strauss syndrome presenting with acute kidney injury in a case of primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.

Int Urol Nephrol

Department of Nephrology and Clinical Transplantation, Institute Of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr H L Trivedi Institute Of Transplantation Sciences (IKDRC-ITS), Civil Hospital Campus, Ahmadabad, 380016, Gujarat, India,

Published: January 2014

Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) also called allergic granulomatosis and angiitis is a multisystem disorder. Churg-Strauss syndrome is defined as an eosinophil-rich, granulomatous inflammation involving the respiratory tract, along with necrotizing vasculitis affecting small- to medium-sized vessels, and is associated with asthma and eosinophilia. Renal involvement in CSS varies from 26 to 88 % but is usually of mild to moderate stage, and advanced renal failure is uncommon. We encountered an unusual case of 27-year-old man with asthma and primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis diagnosed as CSS showing myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated acute kidney injury with crescentic glomerulonephritis. Patient responded to steroid and cyclophosphamide. Over a follow-up of 2 months, he has no hematuria/eosinophilia and serum creatinine of 2.3 mg/dL has decreased to 1.7 mg/dL.

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