Acute congestive heart failure secondary to an unusual underlying cause.
We report a patient who presented with non-specific features and rapidly developed multisystem disease as a result of Chrug-Strauss syndrome, a rare diffuse primary vasculitis. This case report highlights the importance of considering primary vasculitides as a differential diagnosis in patients presenting with multiple organ involvement as early specific therapy in such cases has shown to change the outcome.
Ravindran
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Department of Rheumatology, St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, UK KT16 0PZ.
Barman
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Hughes
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D000208:Acute Disease; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged