Churg-Strauss Syndrome Revealed by Granulomatous Acute Pericarditis: Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 386-391

  Agard, C ^a   Rendu, E ^b   Leguern, V ^c   Ponge, T ^a   Masseau, A ^a   Barrier, J H ^a   Trochu, J N ^b   Hamidou, M A ^a   Guillevin, L ^c  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b CHU de Nantes   (France)

^c Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Churg Strauss syndrome; pericardial effusion; systemic vasculitis; tamponade

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; HEART TAMPONADE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDITIS; PREDNISONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248656719     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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