A Case of Churg-Strauss Syndrome with Appendicitis and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
- Author:
Tae Gyun KIM
1
;
Sang Young NOH
;
Young Jae LEE
;
Jae Young KIM
;
Young Mi CHOO
;
Sung Bae MOON
;
Whang CHOI
;
Sang Hun LEE
;
Jae Kwang KIM
;
Hee Sik SUN
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Churg-Strauss syndrome;
Lower gastrointestinal bleeding
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Adult;
Appendicitis*;
Asthma;
Churg-Strauss Syndrome*;
Eosinophilia;
Heart;
Hemorrhage*;
Humans;
Lung;
Male;
Mononeuropathies;
Musculoskeletal System;
Nervous System;
Plasmapheresis;
Rhinitis;
Skin;
Systemic Vasculitis
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1999;19(6):977-982
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Churg-Strauss Syndrome is a disorder of hypereosinophilia and systemic vasculitis in subjects with asthma and allergic rhinitis. Clinically, a multiple organ system can be involved with various manifestations of disease of lung, heart, skin, musculoskeletal system, nervous system, gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary tract. We experienced a case of Churg- Strauss syndrome presenting as the appendicitis and the lower gastrointestinal bleeding in a 37-year-old male patient with acute lower abdominal pain. He also showed peripheral eosinophilia, bronchial asthma, and mononeuritis multiplex. He initially received a high dose corticosteroid and was maintained with low doses of corticosteroid, cyclophosphomide and exchange plasmapheresis.
