Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS)
Description | (allergic granulomatous arteritis) Clinical presentation: CSS is likely, if a minimum of 4 of the 6 ACR criteria are apparent (specificity 99 %, sensitivity 85 %). ACR-criteria for the classification of the Churg-Straus syndrome:
Laboratory: No specific laboratory diagnostics, however noticeable eosinophilia (> 1000 /µl in 80 % of all patients), pANCA (rarely positive), cANCA (rarely positive), RF (occasionally positive), total IgE ↑ |