Open AccessPleural Effusion in Churg-Strauss Syndrome Detected and Successfully Treated at a Tertiary Care Institute: Case Report
Author(s) -
Uday Mahajan,
Deepika Kapil
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of science and healthcare research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-7587
DOI - 10.52403/ijshr.20210711
Subject(s) - hypereosinophilia , medicine , eosinophilia , pleural effusion , prednisolone , eosinophil , gastroenterology , asthma , eosinophilic , effusion , churg strauss syndrome , dermatology , pathology , surgery , vasculitis , disease
Churg-Strauss syndrome is a disorder of hypereosinophilia and systemic vasculitis in subjects with asthma and allergic rhinitis. Patient was admitted with chief complaints of cough without expectoration for a duration of three weeks without accompanying fever. X ray revealed pleural effusion ‘right side’. Exudative pleural fluid with eosinophil predominance and peripheral eosinophilia. The patient was further investigated. No history suggestive of any drug use. stool routine microscopy show no parasites. ANA investigated found to be positive in 1: 80 titre in homogenous pattern. Patient was then found to be P-ANCA positive by immunofluorescence microscopy. Patient was successfully treated with oral prednisolone 40 mg for three months and subsequently improved with disappearance of symptoms.Keywords: Churg-Strauss syndrome, Pleural effusion, hypereosinophilia.