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Churg-Strauss syndrome
Churg-Strauss 症候群,又稱過敏性肉芽腫血管炎(also known as Allergic granulomatosis),
- 是: 一種中、小血管壞死性血管炎(a medium and small vessel autoimmune vasculitis),
- 最早在 1951 年由 J. Churg and L. Strauss 兩位醫師將這一組疾病命名的 (The syndrome was first described by Drs. Jacob Churg and Lotte Strauss in 1951),並 認 為:本病可看作
- 是:PAN 的 中間型,
- 因此,其肺部的 病徵可以 作 為: 與 結節性多發動脈炎(PAN)區別的 指標
- 患者血中嗜伊紅性白血球升高,常伴有氣喘或過敏性鼻炎,肺、胃腸道、外周神經、心、腎、皮膚 是:主要受侵犯部位(It involves mainly the blood vessels of the lungs (it begins as a severe type of asthma), gastrointestinal system, and peripheral nerves, but also affects the heart, skin and kidneys)
- 病理變化 為:血管壁及血管外肉芽腫形成,組織內嗜伊紅性白血球浸潤等表現
- 各年齡均可發現,男性略多於女性