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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Bronchoalveolar lavage, Pulmonary function tests and biopsy of lung, skin, kidney, muscle and nerve can be used to diagnose and differentiate eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Other Diagnostic Studies

The following studies can be helpful in diagnosing eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.[1][2]

References

  1. Meyer KC, Raghu G, Baughman RP, Brown KK, Costabel U, du Bois RM, Drent M, Haslam PL, Kim DS, Nagai S, Rottoli P, Saltini C, Selman M, Strange C, Wood B (May 2012). "An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline: the clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage cellular analysis in interstitial lung disease". Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 185 (9): 1004–14. doi:10.1164/rccm.201202-0320ST. PMID 22550210.
  2. Dunogué B, Pagnoux C, Guillevin L (June 2011). "Churg-strauss syndrome: clinical symptoms, complementary investigations, prognosis and outcome, and treatment". Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 32 (3): 298–309. doi:10.1055/s-0031-1279826. PMID 21674415.
  3. Allen JN, Davis WB (1994). "Eosinophilic lung diseases". Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 150 (5 Pt 1): 1423–38. doi:10.1164/ajrccm.150.5.7952571. PMID 7952571.

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