Fulminant pregnancy-related Churg-Strauss syndrome.
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.
Connolly
J O
JO
Renal Unit, King's College Hospital, Dulwich.
Lanham
J G
JG
Partridge
M R
MR
D000328:Adult; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology