Background A 36-year-old white male with a history of allergic rhinitis and sinusitis presented to the emergency room with abdominal pain and diarrhea. Physical examination revealed fever, hypoxemia ...

Mepolizumab, an anti-IL5 monoclonal antibody, increased remission rates, cut exacerbations in half and reduced the need for ongoing corticosteroid therapy in patients with refractory cases of the rare ...

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), formerly known as Churg-Strauss Syndrome, is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by necrotizing vasculitis of small-to medium-sized blood ...

Churg Strauss syndrome (CSS) was first described in 1951 by Churg and Strauss. Eye involvement, though rare, can present as episcleritis, uveitis, ischaemic optic neuropathy, and nerve palsies. We ...

Q: Even though I am almost 40, last week I was hospitalized for asthma for the first time in my life. However, they told me I actually had Churg-Strauss syndrome and not asthma, and they recommended ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the use of mepolizumab (Nucala, GlaxoSmithKline) to adults who have eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), formerly known as Churg ...

To the Editor: Strunk and Bloomberg (June 22 issue) 1 discuss omalizumab for the treatment of asthma associated with high serum IgE levels. We provided care for a man who received omalizumab and in ...

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis encompasses three distinct yet overlapping syndromes: granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Wegener's granulomatosis), microscopic ...

DEAR DR. GOTT: I was diagnosed with eosinophilic pneumonia about 12 years ago. I was put on a high dose of prednisone and then was tapered off it. I now have asthma and am on prednisone again as well ...

Max Wilbur Noah, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (Ret.) died on Friday, June 15, 2018 at the age of 86 from complications from a rare autoimmune disease known as Churg Strauss or EGPA. Noah served 35 ...