We present a case of
allergic rhinitis in a 68-year-old woman in whom
eosinophilia was found when she complained of
common cold-like symptoms. The patient noticed a mass lesion on her left neck, which improved with
antibiotic treatment, but her coughing continued and
edema of both lower extremities appeared. She was admitted to our hospital, because of abnormalities in her electrocardiogram and
cardiomegaly seen in a chest radiograph. The discomfort due to the
edema in the soles of both feet remained even after
steroid therapy. Her chest radiograph revealed ground-glass opacity, and a transbronchial lung biopsy revealed granulation tissue with the infiltration of eosinophils into the interstitium.
Allergic granulomatosis angiitis was diagnosed because of granulomatosis
vasculitis resulting from sural nerve biopsy. This was a rare case of
allergic granulomatosis angiitis because her lung function was normal, she had no history of
bronchial asthma, and there were no clear symptoms of
bronchial asthma.