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Churg-Strauss disease

allergic granulomatous vasculitis, Churg-Strauss syndrome

Synopsis

- eosinophilic vasculitis
- eosinophilic perimyocarditis
- eosinophilic pericardial effusion
- eosinophilic pleural effusion
- peripheral blood eosinophilia

- pulmonary anomalies

- digestive anomalies (44 to 89%)

- motoneuritis multiplex
- arthritis
- renal anomalies

See also

- chronic eosinophilic pneumonia

Clinical synopsis

- fever
- cough
- expectorations
- asthenia
- bilateral pulmonary infiltrates.

The differential diagnosis of eosinophilic pneumonia is discussed.