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. 1995 Jun;71(836):365–366. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.71.836.365

Congestive cardiomyopathy and endobronchial granulomas as manifestations of Churg-Strauss syndrome.

R Alvarez-Sala 1, C Prados 1, E Armada 1, A Del Arco 1, J Villamor 1
PMCID: PMC2398127  PMID: 7644400

Abstract

Churg-Strauss syndrome is a systemic vasculitis. Its most frequent complications are heart diseases and asthma. Usually, cardiological manifestations are pericarditis, cardiac failure and myocardial infarction. Endobronchial granulomas identified by bronchoscopy are unusual. We present the case of a man with congestive cardiomyopathy and endobronchial granulomas macroscopically visible at bronchoscopy. After a review of medical literature, we found one case of congestive cardiomyopathy and no cases of endobronchial granulomas observed by bronchoscopy associated with Churg-Strauss syndrome.

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