{"title":"Churg Strauss syndrome with neuropathy: a case report","authors":"Zaid Waqar","doi":"10.56310/pjns.v17i02.182","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A 24 years old man with known history of asthma came with acute presentation of ascending weakness for4 days following flu like symptoms and worsening of asthma. His complete blood counts showed elevated eosinophil count. Nerve conduction showed neuropathy. Diagnosed Churg Strauss syndrome due to presence of asthma, eosinophilia, neuropathy and pulmonary infiltrates. Churg Strauss is systemic eosinophilic vasculitis involving multiple organ systems.","PeriodicalId":19818,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences","volume":"83 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.56310/pjns.v17i02.182","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A 24 years old man with known history of asthma came with acute presentation of ascending weakness for4 days following flu like symptoms and worsening of asthma. His complete blood counts showed elevated eosinophil count. Nerve conduction showed neuropathy. Diagnosed Churg Strauss syndrome due to presence of asthma, eosinophilia, neuropathy and pulmonary infiltrates. Churg Strauss is systemic eosinophilic vasculitis involving multiple organ systems.