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Pediatric emergency care · Oct 2007
Case ReportsAn asthmatic adolescent with a rash and eosinophilia.
- Muhammad Waseem and Emma Laureta.
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY 10451, USA. waseemm2001@hotmail.com
- Pediatr Emerg Care. 2007 Oct 1; 23 (10): 727-30.
AbstractChildren frequently visit emergency departments with asthma exacerbations. Many of these asthmatic children may have fever and/or pneumonia, but when associated with eosinophilia or evidence of vasculitis, other diagnoses should be considered. Churg-Strauss syndrome is a rare form of systemic vasculitis, which usually occurs in patients with asthma in association with eosinophilia. The diagnosis of Churg-Strauss syndrome can be difficult because this syndrome may arise at first as a common association between asthma and allergic rhinitis. A delay in diagnosis and treatment may increase the morbidity from the complications of vasculitis. We report a young asthmatic adolescent who presented with vasculitis, eosinophilia, and peripheral neuropathy.
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