Churg-Strauss Syndrome Presenting with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage

Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss Syndrome) Presenting as Diffuse

Marc-Etienne Parent, MD (Corresponding Author) 5 Résident, Département de Médecine Interne, Université de Sherbrooke 6 3001 12 Avenue, Fleurimont, QC, Canada J1H 5N4 7 Tel : 1-506-229-2155 8 Email : [email protected] 9 10 Benjamin Ellezam, MD, PhD, FRCPC 11 Professeur adjoint de clinique, Pathologie et biologie cellulaire, Université de Montréal 12 Directeur, Programme de résid...

Intracerebral hemorrhage in a patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome.

Sir, A 45-year-old man was admitted with history of painful, sequential multiple peripheral nerve involvement for four months. On questioning he revealed history of allergic rhinitis with recurrent nasal polyps, bronchial asthma for two years, weight loss, joint pains with swelling and Raynaud’s phenomenon of four months duration. Examination revealed skin rash and features of mononeuritis mult...

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss syndrome) presenting as diffuse myositis

BACKGROUND Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis is a complex multisystemic syndrome with heterogeneous presentation. Most often, there is a clinical history of asthma or other atopic conditions, and current presentation generally includes signs of cutaneous or pulmonary involvement. Very few reports described myalgia or weakness as the chief complaint. Of these, only a few included mus...

Churg-Strauss syndrome.

Churg-strauss syndrome.

First described in 1951 as an allergic and granulomatous angiitis, Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a small-vessel vasculitis. Mean age at the time of diagnosis is approximately 50 years, with a sex ratio around 1. Asthma is the central feature of CSS and precedes the systemic manifestations in almost all cases, whereas 70% of the patients have maxillary sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, and/or sinu...