Churg-Strauss syndrome that presented with mediastinal lymphadenopathy and calculous cholecystitis

Churg-Strauss syndrome that presented with mediastinal lymphadenopathy and calculous cholecystitis

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Churg-Strauss Syndrome Presented With Hearing Impairment and Facial Palsy

Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a rare systemic necrotizing vasculitis. Cranial nerve involvement is very rare in CSS. A 59-year-old woman had complained of both hearing impairments for eight months and left facial palsy for three months. Left facial and cochlear neuropathies were detected in electrodiagnostic studies. Paranasal sinus computed tomography (CT) showed chronic pansinusitis. Chest ...

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...