TY - JOUR
T1 - Coronary involvement in Churg-Strauss syndrome
T2 - A case report with CT findings
AU - Doo, Kyung Won
AU - Yong, Hwan Seok
AU - Kang, Eun Young
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PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - We report a case of Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) associated with coronary artery involvement, as demonstrated on coronary CT angiography (CCTA), without specific cardiac symptoms. A 69-year-old male had an 8-year history of bronchial asthma and chronic sinusitis with hypereosinophilia (35 %), polyneuropathy, and a positive antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody titer, so he was diagnosed with CSS. The patient had no specific cardiac symptoms, but CCTA showed vasculitis and a saccular aneurysm involving the proximal coronary arteries. The 3-year follow-up CCTA demonstrated an increase in the extent of soft-tissue wall thickening and infiltration involving the coronary arteries. Although vasculitis of the major coronary arteries is not a prominent feature of CSS, our case suggests that the coronary arteries may also be targeted in this syndrome.
AB - We report a case of Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) associated with coronary artery involvement, as demonstrated on coronary CT angiography (CCTA), without specific cardiac symptoms. A 69-year-old male had an 8-year history of bronchial asthma and chronic sinusitis with hypereosinophilia (35 %), polyneuropathy, and a positive antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody titer, so he was diagnosed with CSS. The patient had no specific cardiac symptoms, but CCTA showed vasculitis and a saccular aneurysm involving the proximal coronary arteries. The 3-year follow-up CCTA demonstrated an increase in the extent of soft-tissue wall thickening and infiltration involving the coronary arteries. Although vasculitis of the major coronary arteries is not a prominent feature of CSS, our case suggests that the coronary arteries may also be targeted in this syndrome.
KW - Churg-Strauss syndrome
KW - Computed tomography
KW - Coronary artery disease
KW - Vasculitis
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U2 - 10.1007/s11604-013-0257-x
DO - 10.1007/s11604-013-0257-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 24155026
AN - SCOPUS:84891494805
SN - 1867-1071
VL - 31
SP - 819
EP - 822
JO - Japanese Journal of Radiology
JF - Japanese Journal of Radiology
IS - 12
ER -