Intracerebral Hemorrhage with Churg Strauss-Syndrome: Multidisciplinary Collaboration and Literature Review
Pu Bai, Peitao Xie · 2024
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Description
Bleeding inside the brain is a rare and dangerous complication of a vessel inflammation disease once called Churg-Strauss syndrome. Pu Bai and Peitao Xie report the case of an 18-year-old student with the disease, now named EGPA. His scans showed both a brain hemorrhage and lung infiltration, with blood eosinophils climbing steadily.
The patient received three days of high-dose steroid infusion plus cyclophosphamide, then oral prednisone. At discharge, scans showed the brain blood clot largely absorbed and the lungs improved. The authors also reviewed 40 published cases of the same pairing, comparing features and treatments. Their message is that early recognition matters: prompt, strong immune-suppressing treatment improves the outlook. Doctors caring for these patients should stay alert for signs that the disease has reached the central nervous system.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Pu Bai, Peitao Xie |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |