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Churg Strauss Syndrome after Leech Therapy: A Case Report

Sülük Tedavisi Sonrası Gelişen Churg Strauss Sendromu: Olgu Sunumu

Dilhan Gunay(ISTANBUL MEDENIYET UNIVERSITY)0000-0002-9662-2327
Miraç Vural Keskinler(Istanbul Medeniyet University)0000-0003-4863-9666
Pages
511–513
Publication Date
2022-09-22
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In addition, it was desired to draw attention to the fact that leech therapy may trigger hyperosinophilia in vasculitis group diseases and cause serious complications in the individual.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Churg Strauss Syndrome (CSS) is a necrotizing vasculitis affecting small vessels.
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Key Findings & Data:Here, we describe a case report of a 48-year-old male patient with known asthma and nasal polyposis, who applied to the emergency department with a sudden worsening of consciousness and bullous lesions on the ankle after undergoing leech therapy (hirudotherapy), accompanied by mononeuritis multiplex and other clinical findings.
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Conclusion & Impact:In addition, it was desired to draw attention to the fact that leech therapy may trigger hyperosinophilia in vasculitis group diseases and cause serious complications in the individual.
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⚙️Variables:Sülük tedavisi · hipereozinofili · Churg Strauss Sendromu

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Churg Strauss Syndrome (CSS) is a necrotizing vasculitis affecting small vessels. Although there are many accompanying findings, this syndrome has distinctive clinical findings such as asthma, nasal polyposis, and hypereosinophilia. Here, we describe a case report of a 48-year-old male patient with known asthma and nasal polyposis, who applied to the emergency department with a sudden worsening of consciousness and bullous lesions on the ankle after undergoing leech therapy (hirudotherapy), accompanied by mononeuritis multiplex and other clinical findings. Clinical findings, laboratory, electromyography, lumbar puncture, radiological imaging methods, histopathological examination and transthoracic echocardiography were used to diagnose CSS. In addition, it was desired to draw attention to the fact that leech therapy may trigger hyperosinophilia in vasculitis group diseases and cause serious complications in the individual.

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Churg Strauss Sendromu (CSS); küçük çaplı damarları tutan nekrotizan bir vaskülittir. Eşlik edebilen pek çok bulgusu olmakla birlikte bu sendrom, astım, nasal polipozis, hipereozinofili gibi belirgin klinik bulgulara sahiptir. Burada bilinen astım ve nasal polipozisi olan 48 yaşında bir erkek hastanın sülük terapisine gittikten sonra ani gelişen bilinçte kötüleşme ve ayak bileğinde yine ani gelişen büllöz lezyonlar ile acil servise başvurduğu ve beraberinde mononöritis multisipleks ve başka klinik bulguların da eşlik ettiği bir CSS olgu sunumu anlatılmaktadır. CSS tanısının konulmasında klinik bulgular, laboratuar, elektromiyografi, lomber ponksiyon, radyolojik görüntüleme yöntemleri, histopatolojik inceleme ve transtorasik ekokardiyografiden yararlanıldı. Ayrıca sülük terapisinin vaskülit grubu hastalıklarda hiperozinofiliyi tetikleyip kişide ciddi komplikasyonlara yol açabileceğine dikkat çekilmek istendi.

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Gunay, D., Keskinler, M. V. (2022). Churg Strauss Syndrome after Leech Therapy: A Case Report. Medical Records, Cilt: 4 Sayı: 3, 511–513. https://doi.org/10.37990/medr.1099236

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