[Churg-Strauss syndrome and pulmonary fibrosis: an unusual association].
BACKGROUND
Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is characterized by asthma, hypereosinophilia, and vasculitis involving at least two extrapulmonary organs.


METHODS
We report a case of a patient with antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody-negative CSS who developed pulmonary interstitial fibrosis (PIF).


CONCLUSIONS
The possible relations between CSS and PIF are discussed. Because this case report is the first to describe features of pulmonary fibrosis in a patient with CSS, we cannot know whether this association is causal or fortuitous.
Streho
Maté
M
Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny.
Sable-Fourtassou
Régis
R
Brion
Marie Charlotte
MC
Bourotte
Isabelle
I
Valeyre
Dominique
D
Brauner
Michel
M
Dhote
Robin
R
Abad
Sébastien
S
D000368:Aged; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography
D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D002097:C-Reactive Protein