The relationship of asthma therapy and Churg-Strauss syndrome: NIH workshop summary report

2001 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter F. Weller ◽  
Marshall Plaut ◽  
Virginia Taggart ◽  
Anne Trontell
2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Keiji Matsui ◽  
Kosuke Nishijima

A 64-year-old woman was admitted to hospital due to protracted diarrhea and liver dysfunction. The patient was diagnosed as Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) due to asthma, paranasal sinusitis, hypereosinophilia, and polyneuropathy. There was a history of taking montelukast, a leukotriene receptor antagonist (LTRA), which is thought to have some relationship with CSS. The liver biopsy specimen showed eosinophilic infiltration and centrolobular fatty change. In this paper, we review the relationship between LTRA and CSS. Several lines of evidence suggest that leukotriene plays an important role in maintaining neural tissues. We also review the potential relationship between centrolobular fatty change and pivoxil-containing antibiotics, which was prescribed for sinusitis before admission. Carnitine deficiency induced by pivoxil-containing agents may cause impaired fatty acid oxidation in mitochondria.


2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 1092-1104 ◽  
Author(s):  
William DuMouchel ◽  
Eric T. Smith ◽  
Richard Beasley ◽  
Harold Nelson ◽  
Xionghu Yang ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 208
Author(s):  
Jun Hwa Lee ◽  
Jeong Hyun Lee ◽  
Young Kwon Go ◽  
Won Hyung Lee

1996 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayako KOMAI ◽  
Shingo TSUDA ◽  
Yoichiro SASAI ◽  
Shunsuke MATSUEDA

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 784-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. F. Whyte ◽  
W. B. Smith ◽  
S. N. Sinkar ◽  
F. E. Kette ◽  
P. Hissaria

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanina Livi ◽  
Alessandra Cancellieri ◽  
Marco Patelli ◽  
Rocco Trisolini

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