PERFORATION OF SMALL-INTESTINE CAUSED BY CHURG-STRAUSS-SYNDROME

In Churug-Strauss Syndrome (CSS), gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is an u ncommon site of involvement. In addition to review of recent literatur e, we herein report a case of CSS with unusual involvement of GIT. The patient was being treated for idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome f or 2 years; he later developed acute peritonitis and an emergency lapa rotomy revealed 3-cm-diameter perforation in the small intestine. In o rder to establish a correlation between the clinical features and the histopathological findings, we highlight the importance of adequate sa mpling and examination oi mesenteric vessels in the attached mesentry in the resected specimen.