Churg-Strauss syndrome presenting with eosinophilic prostatitis.
We report a patient with eosinophilic prostatitis associated with Churg-Strauss syndrome. A 74-year-old man, who had been treated for asthma, underwent transurethral resection of the prostate. After the operation he had a high temperature of approximately 40 degrees C. The differential blood count revealed marked eosinophilia of 77.5%. The patient received 20-mg prednisolone and dramatically became afebrile. The pathological diagnosis was eosinophilic prostatitis. These findings strongly indicate Churg-Strauss syndrome.
Kiyokawa
Hideo
H
Department of Urology, Komoro Kosei General Hospital , Komoro, Japan. kiyo-sin@umin.ac.jp
Koyama
Masamichi
M
Kato
Haruaki
H
D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery