Taber's Medical Dictionary
Churg-Strauss syndrome
(chŭrg′strows′ )
[Jacob Churg, U.S. pathologist, 1910-2005; Lotte Strauss, U.S. pathologist, 1913-1985]
A rare systemic vasculitis affecting the respiratory, musculoskeletal, cardiac, and peripheral nervous systems. It typically develops in patients with a history of asthma or allergy and is marked by hypereosinophilia.
SEE: eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Churg-Strauss Syndrome." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760530/all/Churg_Strauss_syndrome.
Churg-Strauss syndrome. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760530/all/Churg_Strauss_syndrome. Accessed April 28, 2025.
Churg-Strauss syndrome. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760530/all/Churg_Strauss_syndrome
Churg-Strauss Syndrome [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 28]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760530/all/Churg_Strauss_syndrome.
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