title: Churg-Strauss syndrome with renal involvement: a case report.
abstract: We report a case of Churg-Strauss syndrome with renal involvement. A 51-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital in April of 1999 complaining of abdominal pain and severe diarrhea followed by multiple purpura on both legs. A diagnosis of Churg-Strauss syndrome was made on the basis of the presence of preceding asthma, eosinophilia, increased IgE, and the histological findings of a biopsy taken from the purpura. Creatinine clearance level at admission was low (43.3 ml/min) and urinalysis revealed proteinuria and microscopic hematuria. These abnormalities were improved with systemic steroid therapy. Renal involvement seems to be more common than previously reported in Churg-Strauss syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kitoh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nobuhara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nishigori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyachi
mesh_terms: D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged