Korean J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr.  2007 Mar;10(1):65-70.

A Case of Churg-Strauss Syndrome in Infancy

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  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Keimyung UniversitySchool of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. pedgi@korea.com
  • 2Department of Pathology, Keimyung UniversitySchool of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
  • 3Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Keimyung UniversitySchool of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.

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.

Keyword

Churg-Strauss syndrome; Infant

MeSH Terms

Asthma
Churg-Strauss Syndrome*
Colon, Sigmoid
Eosinophils
Hemorrhage
Humans
Infant
Male
Radiography, Thoracic
Vasculitis
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