Churg-Strauss syndrome presenting with marked eosinophilia and pericardial effusion.
The Churg-Strauss syndrome is a rare but treatable clinical entity. Its clinical presentation is thought to be stereotypic but is not. The authors report the first instance of a patient with the Churg-Strauss syndrome with hemodynamically significant pericardial effusion but without concurrent active pulmonary, renal or neurological involvement. Pericardial biopsy was the key to diagnosis and, therefore, therapy.
Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec.
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D001706:Biopsy; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D010491:Pericardial Window Techniques; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology