title: [A case of Churg-Strauss granulomatous angiitis: an autonomous clinical entity or a variant of panarteritis nodosa?].
abstract: A fatal case of Churg and Strauss granulomatous angiitis in a 21-yr-old woman is described. Its unusual features included marked personal and familial dysreaction, sudden onset, bronchopulmonitis with distinct eosinophilia and antibiotic- and cortisone-resistant pericarditis, and a terminal picture of generalised septico-pyaemia. The histological findings included necrotising systemic vasculitis with granulomas, some of them extravascular, in various organs. Differential diagnosis and the relation between this form and panarteritis nodosa are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Su un caso di angioite granulomatosa di Churg e Strauss. Entità clinica autonoma o variante della panarterite nodosa?