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Diagnose und therapie der allergischen granulomatose Churg-Strauss

Diagnosis and therapy of allergic granulomatosis (Churg-Strauss-Syndrome)

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Three cases of allergic granulomatosis (Churg-Strauss syndrome) are reported. The patients all presented 2–10 years after the onset of pulmonary symptoms with a mononeuritis multiplex, accompanied by sharp pain in the extremities involved. In one patient, the neurological findings improved under treatment with corticoids and cyclophosphamide; the other two patients responded to treatment with thioguanine and cytarabine. In the first patient, the diagnosis was confirmed by a biopsy specimen of the sural nerve.

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Es wird über drei Patienten mit einer allergischen Granulomatose (Churg-Strauss-Syndrom) berichtet. In allen drei Fällen trat 2–10 Jahre nach dem Beginn einer pulmonalen Symptomatik eine Mononeuritis multiplex, begleitet von heftigen Schmerzen in den betroffenen Extremitäten auf. Während in einem Fall sich die neurologischen Ausfälle unter einer Behandlung mit Kortikoiden und Cyclophosphamid besserten, sprachen die beiden anderen Patientinnen erst auf eine Kombinationsbehandlung mit Thioguanin und Cytarabin an. In dem ersten Fall ließ sich die klinische Diagnose durch eine Biopsie aus dem N. suralis bestätigen.

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Berlit, P., Storch, B. & Schmitt, H.P. Diagnose und therapie der allergischen granulomatose Churg-Strauss. Eur Arch Psychiatr Neurol Sci 235, 200–205 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00379974

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