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| Caption    = Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. [[H&E stain]].
| Caption    = Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. [[H&E stain]].
| Synonyms  =
| Synonyms  = Churg-Strauss syndrome, Churg-Strauss disease
| Micro      = small vessel [[vasculitis]] with abundant eosinophils and [[granuloma]]s
| Micro      = small vessel [[vasculitis]] with abundant eosinophils and [[granuloma]]s
| Subtypes  =
| Subtypes  =
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| Symptoms  =
| Symptoms  =
| Prevalence = rare
| Prevalence = rare
| Bloodwork  =
| Bloodwork  = ANCA +ve/-ve
| Rads      =
| Rads      =
| Endoscopy  =
| Endoscopy  =
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It was previously known as '''Churg-Strauss syndrome'''.<ref name=pmid26051917>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Stone | first1 = JR. | last2 = Bruneval | first2 = P. | last3 = Angelini | first3 = A. | last4 = Bartoloni | first4 = G. | last5 = Basso | first5 = C. | last6 = Batoroeva | first6 = L. | last7 = Buja | first7 = LM. | last8 = Butany | first8 = J. | last9 = d'Amati | first9 = G. | title = Consensus statement on surgical pathology of the aorta from the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology: I. Inflammatory diseases. | journal = Cardiovasc Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 5 | pages = 267-78 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1016/j.carpath.2015.05.001 | PMID = 26051917 }}</ref>
It was previously known as '''Churg-Strauss syndrome'''.<ref name=pmid26051917>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Stone | first1 = JR. | last2 = Bruneval | first2 = P. | last3 = Angelini | first3 = A. | last4 = Bartoloni | first4 = G. | last5 = Basso | first5 = C. | last6 = Batoroeva | first6 = L. | last7 = Buja | first7 = LM. | last8 = Butany | first8 = J. | last9 = d'Amati | first9 = G. | title = Consensus statement on surgical pathology of the aorta from the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology: I. Inflammatory diseases. | journal = Cardiovasc Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 5 | pages = 267-78 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1016/j.carpath.2015.05.001 | PMID = 26051917 }}</ref>
   
   
It should '''''not''''' be confused with ''[[granulomatosis with polyangiitis]]'', previously known as ''Wegener's granulomatosis''.
==General==
==General==
Defining features - memory device ''GAFE'':  
Defining features - memory device ''GAFE'':  
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Notes:
Notes:
*Similar to [[Granulomatosis with polyangiitis]] (Wegener's granulomatosis) - classically c-ANCA +ve, and ''microscopic polyangiitis''.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/334024-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/334024-overview]. Accessed on: 22 January 2011.</ref>
*Similar to [[Granulomatosis with polyangiitis]] (Wegener's granulomatosis) - classically c-ANCA +ve, and ''microscopic polyangiitis''.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/334024-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/334024-overview]. Accessed on: 22 January 2011.</ref>
*T<sub>H</sub>2 disease - like [[asthma]].<ref name=pmid25500434>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Greco | first1 = A. | last2 = Rizzo | first2 = MI. | last3 = De Virgilio | first3 = A. | last4 = Gallo | first4 = A. | last5 = Fusconi | first5 = M. | last6 = Ruoppolo | first6 = G. | last7 = Altissimi | first7 = G. | last8 = De Vincentiis | first8 = M. | title = Churg-Strauss syndrome. | journal = Autoimmun Rev | volume = 14 | issue = 4 | pages = 341-8 | month = Apr | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1016/j.autrev.2014.12.004 | PMID = 25500434 }}</ref>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==