title: [Churg-Strauss syndrome--case report].
abstract: Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a rare systemic vasculitis, that essentially affects medium-sized vessels, involves multiple organs and in the majority of cases is related to asthma and eosinophilia. The authors make a review of this disease and discuss its differential diagnosis presenting the case of a woman with asthma that at the age of 65 is diagnosed with CSS.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Pulido Valente, Lisboa.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Catarina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mendonça
authors.forename: José Eduardo
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ambar
authors.forename: Berta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mendes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans