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| ==Churg-Strauss syndrome== | | ==Churg-Strauss syndrome== |
| *Abbreviated ''CSS''.
| | {{Main|Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis}} |
| *AKA ''allergic granulomatous angiitis''.<ref name=emedicine333492>[http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/333492-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/333492-overview]</ref>
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| *[[AKA]] ''Churg-Strauss disease''.
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| ===General===
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| Defining features - memory device ''GAFE'':
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| *'''G'''ranulomata.
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| *'''A'''sthma.
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| *'''F'''ever.
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| *'''E'''osinophilia.
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| *Similar to ''[[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>
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:
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| *Small vessel [[vasculitis]].
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| *Abundant eosinophils.
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| *[[Granuloma]]s.
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| DDx:
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| *Eosinophilic vasculitis associated with a [[connective tissue disease]].<ref name=pmid8708015>{{Cite journal | last1 = Chen | first1 = KR. | last2 = Su | first2 = WP. | last3 = Pittelkow | first3 = MR. | last4 = Conn | first4 = DL. | last5 = George | first5 = T. | last6 = Leiferman | first6 = KM. | title = Eosinophilic vasculitis in connective tissue disease. | journal = J Am Acad Dermatol | volume = 35 | issue = 2 Pt 1 | pages = 173-82 | month = Aug | year = 1996 | doi = | PMID = 8708015 }}</ref>
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| ====Images====
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| <gallery>
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| Image:Churg-Strauss_syndrome_-_high_mag.jpg |CSS - high mag. (WC)
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| Image:Churg-Strauss_syndrome_-_very_high_mag.jpg |CSS - very high mag. (WC)
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| </gallery>
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| =Medium vessel vasculitides= | | =Medium vessel vasculitides= |
| The follow section has information specific to the individual types of medium vessel vasculitis. | | The follow section has information specific to the individual types of medium vessel vasculitis. |