Churg-Strauss syndrome (allergic granulomatous angiitis) with peculiar multiple colonic ulcers. 1990

C Shimamoto, and I Hirata, and S Ohshiba, and S Fujiwara, and M Nishio
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Japan.

We treated a 40-yr-old Japanese woman who had Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS), as diagnosed by characteristic clinical features and histological findings; in addition, peculiar multiple colonic ulcers were seen during the course of her illness. Although gastrointestinal symptoms are often seen in CSS, there are few descriptions of lesions in the gastrointestinal tract. In the English literature, the gastrointestinal manifestations of CSS include eosinophilic gastroenteritis, but the mucosa is not usually ulcerated. On the other hand, Japanese cases are characterized by multiple ulcers which are considered to be caused by ischemia secondary to the vasculitis. Most of the reported cases have not been diagnosed until laparotomy or autopsy, and our case is the first with multiple ulcers throughout the entire colon as a complication of CSS.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D003108 Colonic Diseases Pathological processes in the COLON region of the large intestine (INTESTINE, LARGE). Colonic Disease,Disease, Colonic,Diseases, Colonic
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D014456 Ulcer A lesion on the surface of the skin or a mucous surface, produced by the sloughing of inflammatory necrotic tissue. Ulcers
D015267 Churg-Strauss Syndrome Widespread necrotizing angiitis with granulomas. Pulmonary involvement is frequent. Asthma or other respiratory infection may precede evidence of vasculitis. Eosinophilia and lung involvement differentiate this disease from POLYARTERITIS NODOSA. Allergic Angiitis,Allergic Granulomatous Angiitis,Angiitis, Allergic Granulomatous,EGPA Disorder,Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis,Vasculitis, Churg-Strauss,Allergic Angiitis and Granulomatosis,Allergic Granulomatosis,Allergic Granulomatous and Angiitis,Eosinophilic Granulomatous Vasculitis,Granulomatous Allergic Angiitis,Allergic Angiitides,Allergic Angiitides, Granulomatous,Allergic Angiitis, Granulomatous,Allergic Granulomatoses,Allergic Granulomatous Angiitides,Angiitides, Allergic,Angiitides, Allergic Granulomatous,Angiitides, Granulomatous Allergic,Angiitis, Allergic,Angiitis, Granulomatous Allergic,Churg Strauss Syndrome,Churg-Strauss Vasculitis,Disorder, EGPA,Disorders, EGPA,EGPA Disorders,Granulomatoses, Allergic,Granulomatosis, Allergic,Granulomatous Allergic Angiitides,Granulomatous Angiitides, Allergic,Granulomatous Angiitis, Allergic,Granulomatous Vasculitides, Eosinophilic,Granulomatous Vasculitis, Eosinophilic,Syndrome, Churg-Strauss,Vasculitides, Eosinophilic Granulomatous,Vasculitis, Churg Strauss,Vasculitis, Eosinophilic Granulomatous

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