Rare manifestations of Churg-Strauss syndrome: Coronary artery vasospasm, temporal artery vasculitis, and reversible monocular blindness - A case report

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-233

  Buhaescu, Irina ^a   Williams, Alice ^a   Yood, Robert ^a  

^a SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Churg Strauss syndrome; Coronary artery vasospasm; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; TROPONIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLINDNESS; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLAUDICATION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; THORAX PAIN; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AMAUROSIS FUGAX; BIOPSY; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; CORONARY VASOSPASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 58149203280     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-1052-4     Document Type: Article

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