Conjunctival Granulomatosis in Churg-Strauss Syndrome

Churg–Strauss syndrome (eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis): A case report

Churg–Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a rare systemic vasculitis of the small and medium sized blood vessels. The triad of asthma, sinusitis and hypereosinophilia is characteristic of CSS. However, it can affect any organ system with predominance for the skin, respiratory, neurological, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular systems. The natural history of the condition has been described in three phase...

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...

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...

Churg-Strauss Syndrome

Pulmonary: asthma, pneumonitis and haemoptysis. Upper respiratory tract: allergic rhinitis, paranasal sinusitis, nasal polyposis. Cardiac involvement is common. [6]This includes heart failure, myocarditis and myocardial infarction. [7] Skin: purpura, skin nodules, leukocytoclastic angiitis with palpable purpura, livedo reticularis, urticaria, necrotic bullae and digital ischaemia. Renal: glomer...