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Case Reports
. 2022 Sep;11(9):5656-5658.
doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_547_21. Epub 2022 Oct 14.

Churg-Strauss syndrome: A case report

Alpaslan Mert  1
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Churg-Strauss syndrome: A case report

Alpaslan Mert. J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Sep.

Abstract

Churg-Strauss syndrome is a rare disease with systemic vasculitis and hypereosinophilia. It is accompanied by allergic rhinitis and asthma. Herein, we present a case of Churg-Strauss syndrome in a family medicine outpatient clinic. This report aimed to emphasize that if patients diagnosed with asthma have cough and/or hemoptysis that cannot be controlled despite interventions such as inhalation, corticosteroid therapy, montelukast treatment, and anti-histamine therapy, vasculitic diseases involving the lung may be considered.

Keywords: Churg-Strauss syndrome; family medicine; vasculitic syndrome involving the lung; vasculitis.

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Figures

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Figure 1
Lung ventilation was low in the lower left in chest X-ray
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Figure 2
(a) Parenchymal window, CT of the thorax showed a mass in the nodular form, approximately 4 cm in diameter, adjacent to the diaphragm on the basal of left lobe; (b) Mediastinal window
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