definition
Widespread necrotizing angiitis with granulomas. Pulmonary involvement is frequent. Asthma or other respiratory infection may precede evidence of vasculitis. Eosinophilia and lung involvement differentiate this disease from POLYARTERITIS NODOSA.
synonyms
Allergic Granulomatosis, Churg-Strauss Disease
UMLS
Allerg granulomatous angiitis, Allergic Angiitides, Allergic Angiitis, Allergic granulomatosis, Allergic granulomatosis angiitis, ALLERGIC GRANULOMATOSIS OF CHURG-STRAUSS, Allergic Granulomatous Angiitides, Allergic Granulomatous Angiitis, Angiitides, Allergic, Angiitides, Allergic Granulomatous, Angiitis, Allergic, Angiitis, Allergic Granulomatous, Churg - Strauss vasculitis, Churg Strauss Syndrome, Churg-Strauss Syndrome, Churg-Strauss Vasculitis, CSS - Churg-Strauss syndrome, Granulomatous Angiitides, Allergic, Granulomatous Angiitis, Allergic, Syndrome, Churg-Strauss, Vasculitis, Churg Strauss, Vasculitis, Churg-Strauss