A CASE OF CHURG-STRAUSS-SYNDROME - TISSUE DIAGNOSIS ESTABLISHED BY SIGMOIDOSCOPIC RECTAL BIOPSY

Citation
Ej. Leen et al., A CASE OF CHURG-STRAUSS-SYNDROME - TISSUE DIAGNOSIS ESTABLISHED BY SIGMOIDOSCOPIC RECTAL BIOPSY, Gut, 38(2), 1996, pp. 299-301
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
GutACNP
ISSN journal
00175749
Volume
38
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
299 - 301
Database
ISI
SICI code
0017-5749(1996)38:2<299:ACOC-T>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A case is presented of Churg-Strauss syndrome in a young man in whom t he definitive diagnostic procedure was a full thickness sigmoidoscopic rectal biopsy, with submucosal sampling. Gastrointestinal changes in Churg-Strauss syndrome, a rare systemic illness characterised by asthm a, blood and tissue eosinophilia, vasculitis, and granulomatous inflam mation are common but poorly reported. The endoscopic and histopatholo gical features of a case are described and emphasise the potential val ue of a limited sigmoidoscopy in establishing the diagnosis, when lowe r gastrointestinal symptoms are present.