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Churg-Strauss syndrome: a case report* * Study developed at Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal (HBDF), Brasília, DF, Brazil.

Churg-Strauss syndrome is a rare systemic disease primarily characterized by hypereosinophilia, asthma and vasculitis. The lung is the organ most frequently involved. In the present report, the authors describe a relatively rare finding in this disease - the presence of a pulmonary nodule -, while recalling the main radiological findings and the most relevant differential diagnoses.

Vasculitis; Eosinophilia; Asthma


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