Chürg-Strauss syndrome

  • José Javier Ayala Hospital Militar Central (Bogotá, Colombia)
  • Juan Carlos Velásquez Velásquez Hospital Militar Central (Bogotá, Colombia)

Abstract

Chürg-Strauss Syndrome was described in 1951 and it is characterized by asthma, fever, hypereosinophilia and vasculitis. In 1990, following the discussion of several proposals for its classification, the American College of Rheumatology established its diagnostic criteria.

A 55 year-old female patient was seen recently at the Military Hospital in Bogotá, Colombia, with leucocytoclastic vasculitis, wheezing, pulmonary infiltrates and hypereosinophilia, who met all the criteria to be classified as a Chürg-Strauss patient.

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Author Biographies

José Javier Ayala, Hospital Militar Central (Bogotá, Colombia)

Médico Internista, Residente de Nefrología Hospital Militar Central

Juan Carlos Velásquez Velásquez, Hospital Militar Central (Bogotá, Colombia)

Médico Internista, Coordinador Académico del Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Militar Central, Segundo Autor. Servicio de Medicina Interna y Nefrología

How to Cite
Ayala, J. J., & Velásquez Velásquez, J. C. (1). Chürg-Strauss syndrome. Acta Médica Colombiana, 30(3), 117-122. Retrieved from https://actamedicacolombiana.com/ojs/index.php/actamed/article/view/2509
Issue
Vol. 30 No. 3 (2005)
Section
Case Reports

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