Key result
Churg-Strauss syndrome can present with endomyocardial lesions previously thought exclusive to hypereosinophilic syndrome.
Why the study?
Churg-Strauss syndrome and hypereosinophilic syndrome have been characterized by different types of cardiac disease despite many similarities between them.
This report highlights that endomyocardial lesions, typically associated with hypereosinophilic syndrome, can also be the dominant clinical feature in Churg-Strauss syndrome.
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Endomyocardial lesions warrant Churg-Strauss consideration; single case leaves open diagnostic specificity versus hypereosinophilic syndrome.
Although many similarities exist between the Churg-Strauss syndrome and the hypereosinophilic syndrome, these two disorders have hitherto been characterized by different types of cardiac disease. Two cases of the Churg-Strauss syndrome are described where the typical endomyocardial lesion of the hypereosinophilic syndrome dominated the clinical picture.
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Lanham et al. (1985) studied this question. Churg-Strauss syndrome can present with typical endomyocardial lesions previously thought to be characteristic only of hypereosinophilic syndrome.
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