A Case of Churg-Strauss Syndrome in Infancy.
- Author:
Su Min SHON
1
;
Kyo Il KIM
;
Moon Ho PARK
;
Yu Na KANG
;
Hee Jung LEE
;
Jin Bok HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Keimyung UniversitySchool of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. pedgi@korea.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Churg-Strauss syndrome;
Infant
- MeSH:
Asthma;
Churg-Strauss Syndrome*;
Colon, Sigmoid;
Eosinophils;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Infant;
Male;
Radiography, Thoracic;
Vasculitis
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
2007;10(1):65-70
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a disorder characterized by pulmonary and systemic small- vessel vasculitis, extravascular eosinophilic infiltration and hypereosinophilia; it is rarely diagnosed in the pediatric age group. We experienced a case of CSS in a male infant who had repeated symptoms of asthma with hypereosinophilia and transitory non-fixed pulmonary infiltrates on chest radiographs. He also had rectal bleeding in early infancy and multiple erosions with extravascular eosinophilic infiltrations in the sigmoid colon. We report a rare case of CSS in a 14-month-old infant and review the medical literature.
