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.
Sharma
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Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec.
De Varennes
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Sniderman
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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