DOI: 10.1007/s10067-010-1428-0Online First™Open Access

Complete remission of coronary vasculitis in Churg–Strauss Syndrome by prednisone and cyclophosphamide

Niels P. Riksen, Helmut Gehlmann, Annemarie E. Brouwer and Marcel van Deuren

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Abstract

The heart is involved in up to 50% of all patients with Churg–Strauss syndrome, but vasculitis of the coronary arteries has only been rarely documented. We present a young patient with severe coronary aneurysms and stenotic lesions due to a Churg–Strauss vasculitis. Prompt therapy with prednisone and cyclophosphamide resulted in the complete resolution of all lesions.

Keywords  Churg–Strauss syndrome - Coronary vasculitis - Cyclophosphamide - Prednisone

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