Successful treatment of an elderly patient with severe eosinophilic asthma and eosinophilic myocarditis using benralizumab.
- Resource Type
- Case Study
- Authors
- Kodaka, Norio; Nakano, Chihiro; Oshio, Takeshi; Hirouchi, Takatomo; Satou, Manabu; Moroi, Masao; Oharaseki, Toshiaki; Matsuse, Hiroto
- Source
- Geriatrics & Gerontology International. Feb2022, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p175-176. 2p.
- Subject
- *THERAPEUTIC use of immunoglobulins
*DRUG therapy for asthma
*THROMBOSIS risk factors
*THERAPEUTIC use of monoclonal antibodies
*BIOPSY
*PREDNISOLONE
*CARDIOMYOPATHIES
*EOSINOPHILIA
*OLD age
DISEASE relapse prevention
- Language
- ISSN
- 1444-1586
The article presents a 2022 case report of a 72-year-old woman with bronchial asthma and eosinophilia who was treated with an inhaler and exhibited worsening cough, leg edema, and slight wheezing. Biopsy confirmed eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) that was associated with bronchial asthma. The patient received glucocorticoids for EM after which her condition stabilized and she was discharged. She also received benralizumab and continues to receive prednisolone every other day.