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Case Reports
. 2015 Sep 17:22:41.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2015.22.41.7810. eCollection 2015.

Small bowel involvement documented by capsule endoscopy in Churg-Strauss syndrome

Birane Beye  1 , Gilles Lesur  2 , Pierre Claude  3 , Lionel Martzolf  4 , Pierre Kieffer  4 , Daniel Sondag  3
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Small bowel involvement documented by capsule endoscopy in Churg-Strauss syndrome

Birane Beye et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

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 documented by video capsule endoscopy.

Keywords: Churg-Strauss Syndrome; small intestine involvement; video capsule endoscopy.

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Figure 1
Submucosal edema with lymphangiectasias and erythematous sites on top of some jejunal valves
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Geometric ulcer (triangular)
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