Diagnostic features and differential diagnosis of Churg-Strauss syndrome in the lung. A review.

@article{Katzenstein2000DiagnosticFA,
  title={Diagnostic features and differential diagnosis of Churg-Strauss syndrome in the lung. A review.},
  author={Anna Luise A Katzenstein},
  journal={American journal of clinical pathology},
  year={2000},
  volume={114 5},
  pages={
          767-72
        }
}
  • A. Katzenstein
  • Published 1 November 2000
  • Medicine
  • American journal of clinical pathology
Churg-Strauss syndrome is a rare systemic vasculitis occurring in patients with asthma and blood eosinophilia. Lungs, skin, and nervous system are the most common sites of involvement, although many other organs are affected frequently. The diagnosis often is established from clinical findings or biopsy of extrapulmonary sites, and lung biopsy is performed infrequently. The classic pathologic findings in the lung include a combination of eosinophilic pneumonia, granulomatous inflammation, and… 
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