Churg-Strauss Syndrome

Volume 23, Number 5(90) (2013)

Milda Krivickaitė, Tatjana Orlovskytė, Anželika Chomičienė, Jūratė Grigaitienė, Raimondas Meškauskas, Matilda Bylaitė-Bučinskienė Abstract Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a rare, systemic necrotising small and medium size vessel vasculitis of unknown origin. It was described initially by Churg and Strauss in 1951. It is now classified as an antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis. CSS specific signs,…