churg-strauss syndrome (css) is a granulomatous small vessel vasculitis . it is characterized by asthma, allergic granulomatosis and vasculitis . this syndrome is rare in children. a 5 years old boy was admitted with cough, fever and dyspnea for 2 weeks. on the basis of  laboratory data (peripheral eosinophilia), associated with skin biopsy, and history of css in his sister, this disease was ev...

A 28-year-old woman with a history of asthma and recent deep venous thrombosis presented with fever, chest pain, and peripheral eosinophilia. The patient was subsequently diagnosed with Churg-Strauss syndrome and HIV infection, representing to our knowledge only the second case of this association. Rheumatologic manifestations of HIV may precede clinical signs of infection. This is significant ...

This paper records a patient of Osler's, who showed many features compatible with the Churg-Strauss syndrome of allergic granulomatous angiitis to be described 50 years later.

A 57-year-old man with a history of more than 10 years of bronchial asthma and chronic sinusitis complained of double vision which developed 18 days after cardiac tamponade with eosinophil-rich fluid (eosinophils 30%). He had oculomotor nerve palsy, and a blood test revealed eosinophilia (12,700/mm(3)) and elevation of both C-reactive protein and rheumatoid factor. He was diagnosed as having Ch...

A 24 years old man with known history of asthma came acute presentation ascending weakness for4 days following flu like symptoms and worsening asthma. His complete blood counts showed elevated eosinophil count. Nerve conduction neuropathy. Diagnosed Churg Strauss syndrome due to presence asthma, eosinophilia, neuropathy pulmonary infiltrates. is systemic eosinophilic vasculitis involving multip...

Nasal dermoplasty for recurrent polyps (NDRP) is a new technique for the surgical treatment of this condition. Churg-Strauss syndrome is characterized by the presence of nasal polyps with a great tendency for relapse after surgical or pharmaceutical treatment. It is the first time that we use NDRP to treat nasal polyps in a patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome. The patient was a 33-year-old fema...

OBJECTIVE To report a case of Churg-Strauss syndrome who had asthma and allergic rhinitis treated with montelukast. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A nonsmoking 59-year-old woman presented with fever, hemoptysis and dyspnea. Past medical history included allergic rhinitis and asthma which were diagnosed 18 years ago. The asthma was treated successfully with inhaled salmeterol and becla...

Leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRA) are widely used in the treatment of asthma. Over the years, case reports have suggested a possible link between their introduction and the development of Churg–Strauss syndrome. The case we describe highlights a strong temporal relationship between the initiation of montelukast and appearance of features suggestive of Churg–Strauss syndrome; our patient w...

a 56-year-old woman came in with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever, 15 kg weight loss and accelerated asthma for which she had used zafirlukast and a high dose of prednisolone. during taper down of her prednisolone, her condition deteriorated. she developed generalized wheezing, diffuse abdominal pain, and left foot drop. lab examination revealed eosinophilia, elevated red cell sedimentat...