Definition for:Allergic Angiitis and Granulomatosis (Churg-Strauss Syndrome):

Allergic Angiitis and Granulomatosis (Churg-Strauss Syndrome):

Chapter: 12
Churg-Strauss syndrome is a rare type of systemic vasculitis that occurs almost exclusively in patients with asthma and peripheral blood eosinophilia. A lung biopsy shows an eosinophilis pneumonia, and there is vasculitis involving both the pulmonary and systemic circulation.

See Also:

Allergic contact dermatitis (Chapter 24)
Allergic granulomatosis: (Chapter 10)
Allergic or drug induced acute interstitial nephritis (Chapter 16)