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Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi
; 39(6): 410-4, 2001 Jun.
Artículo
en Japonés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11530389
RESUMEN
A 52-year-old man in whom bronchial asthma had been diagnosed in 1995 was admitted for the treatment of Churg-Strauss syndrome in June 1997. Positive tests MPO-ANCA and rheumatoid factor preceded the symptoms of vasculitis for several months. A skin biopsy revealed infiltration of eosinophils in the vessel walls, and the diagnosis of Churg-Strauss syndrome was confirmed. After systemic administration of corticosteroids, the symptoms other than mononeuritis improved markedly, and his MPO-ANCA and rheumatoid factor became negative. Rheumatoid factor and MPO-ANCA may be useful for the early diagnosis of Churg-Strauss syndrome in patients with bronchial asthma in which a well-controlled disease develops into an intractable condition.