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Case Reports
. 2012 Aug;67(8):977-80.
doi: 10.6061/clinics/2012(08)22.

A possible case of Churg-Strauss syndrome in a 9-year-old child

Jinling Liu  1 , Yingchun Xu, Zhimin Chen, Xuefeng Xu, Meiping Lu, Yingshuo Wang, Yunlian Zhou, Weizhong Gu
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Case Reports

A possible case of Churg-Strauss syndrome in a 9-year-old child

Jinling Liu et al. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2012 Aug.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Radiological imaging. A) A computed tomography scan showing pulmonary infiltrates in both lungs. B) A chest x-ray showing aggravation. C) A computed tomography scan showing improvement. D) A chest x-ray showing improvement.
Figure 2
Figure 2
A) A skin biopsy showing the accumulation of extravascular eosinophilic infiltrates (hematoxylin-eosin stain ×200). B) Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) showing a considerable quantity of eosinophils (Giemsa staining ×200).
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