Cardiac abnormalities may be a prominent manifestation of Churg-Strauss vasculitis. Guillevin and coworkers [2] identified myocardial involvement (which was associated with a poor prognosis) in 14% of ...

Churg–Strauss syndrome, also known as allergic granulomatosis, was first described by Churg and Strauss in 1951. 1 It is a systemic allergic disease characterised by eosinophil-rich and granulomatous ...

May 13, 2010: The recent death of President Umaru Yar’Adua of Nigeria and the confusion surrounding the nature of his illness, gives opportunity to raise awareness of Churg Strauss Syndrome, which ...

The cause of Churg-Strauss syndrome is not clearly elucidated although a combination of unidentified factors is said to be behind it. Individuals with Churg-Strauss syndrome have an overactive immune ...

Background A 36-year-old white male with a history of allergic rhinitis and sinusitis presented to the emergency room with abdominal pain and diarrhea. Physical examination revealed fever, hypoxemia ...

I recently saw a 51-year-old man who had been diagnosed with eosinophilic myocarditis related to eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA)/Churg-Strauss vasculitis. He was sent to me for ...

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis encompasses three distinct yet overlapping syndromes: granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Wegener's granulomatosis), microscopic ...

OLDENBURG - Eine Vaskulitis ist eine seltene, aber tückische entzündliche Gefäßerkrankung aus dem rheumatischen Formenkreis. Zu den 13 unterschiedlichen Formen zählt u. a. das nach dem Entdecker der ...