[A CASE OF CHILDHOOD-ONSET EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMATOUS POLYANGIITIS WITH ASYMPTOMATIC MYOCARDIAL INVOLVEMENT WHO WAS DIAGNOSED AT MORE THAN 5 YEARS AFTER ONSET OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS AND BRONCHIAL ASTHMA].

Atopic dermatitis and bronchial asthma are common diseases in children. We report the development of eosinophilic polyangiitis granulomatosis (EGPA) in a young girl being treated for both atopic dermatitis, diagnosed at 1 year of age, and bronchial asthma, diagnosed at 4 years of age. Her eruption did not result in lichenification and was not fully responsive to corticosteroid ointment. Asthma lightened by treatment of inhalational steroids....