[Churg-Strauss syndrome--report of four cases]

Iwona Brzosko; Marek Brzosko; Lidia Ostanek; Hanna Przepiera-Bedzak; Jerzy Grabarek

[Churg-Strauss syndrome--report of four cases]

Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2005 Apr;113(4):352-8.

[Article in Polish]

Authors

Iwona Brzosko¹, Marek Brzosko, Lidia Ostanek, Hanna Przepiera-Bedzak, Jerzy Grabarek

Affiliation

¹ Klinika Reumatologii Pomorskiej AM w Szczecinie.

PMID: 16209250

Abstract

Four subsequent cases of Churg-Strauss syndrome were presented. The patients fulfilled criteria of the syndrome developed by American College of Rheumatology. They were treated with combination of systemic corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide, one patient was additionally treated with plasmapheresis. In all four cases complete remission of the disease was achieved.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
Adult
Churg-Strauss Syndrome* / diagnostic imaging
Churg-Strauss Syndrome* / drug therapy
Churg-Strauss Syndrome* / pathology
Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Plasmapheresis
Radiography
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Cyclophosphamide