Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.
1999 Dec;19(6):977-982.
A Case of Churg-Strauss Syndrome with Appendicitis and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
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.
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