Churg-Strauss syndrome is a small and medium vessel vasculitis and is also known as allergic granulomatous angiitis. Gastrointestinal involvement is common in patients with Churg-Strauss syndrome (20-50%). The most common symptoms are abdominal pain, diarrhoea and occasionally gastrointestinal bleeding and perforation. We present a case of Churg-Strauss syndrome with small bowel lesions documen...

Churg-Strauss syndrome is an eosinophil-associated, small vessel granulomatous vasculitis, characterized by late onset asthma, upper airways disease, eosinophilia, and clinical manifestations of systemic vasculitis. Several cases of Churg-Strauss syndrome have been recognized in patients treated with cysteinyl leukotriene-receptor antagonists and weaned off systemic corticosteroids. These cases...

Churg-Strauss syndrome, a small and medium vessel vasculitis, was first described by Churg and Strauss in 1951. It is characterised by the presence of asthma, prominent tissue and blood eosinophilia, systemic vasculitis, and pulmonary and systemic necrotising allergic granulomas. Involvement of the skin, heart and gastrointestinal tract is well documented, but ocular presentation is unusual. We...

Churg-Strauss syndrome is an uncommon multisystem disorder characterized by asthma, eosinophilia and vasculitis. We report on a 12-year-old boy with asthma and deterioration of his general condition, who was eventually diagnosed with an ANCA-negative Churg-Strauss syndrome. The propositus included, 50 cases of childhood Churg-Strauss syndrome have been reported. The patient characteristics and ...

Desde sua morte em 1973, a obra de Leo Strauss se tornou um lugar debates e querelas interpretativas que geraram uma controversa corrente pensamento chamada Straussianismo. Assim como todo legado torna “ismo”, questão impõe é: o Straussianismo seria chancelado pelo professor Strauss? Meu objetivo nesse artigo é analisar as profundas divergências entre os assim chamados Straussianos mostrar que,...

Asthmatic patients receiving antileukotrienes may develop hypereosinophilia as a part of a Churg-Strauss syndrome. It is unclear if this effect is directly related to the administration of antileukotrienes or a consequence of the corticosteroid-sparing effect of antileukotrienes unmasking a Churg-Strauss syndrome. We present a case of hypereosinophilia related to zafirlukast therapy. The patien...