Fulminant pregnancy-related Churg-Strauss syndrome
- PMID: 8055209
- DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/33.8.776
Fulminant pregnancy-related Churg-Strauss syndrome
Abstract
Pregnancy has not hitherto been known to influence the course of Churg-Strauss syndrome. We describe a case where relapse occurred in four successive pregnancies. The disease proved fatal in the last pregnancy when aggressive treatment failed to reverse fulminant cardiac disease.