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Unusual finding in pediatric Churg-Strauss: renal lesions on CT

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After a 19-year-old female experienced several weeks of unrelieved fevers, an abdominal CT revealed multiple low-attenuation renal lesions. As the differential included lymphoma, infections and infarcts, a core biopsy of the kidney was performed, which revealed changes consistent with Churg-Strauss syndrome.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington St., Boston, MA, 02111, USA

    Jorge Oldan & Roy McCauley

  2. Department of Pathology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Monica Pilichowska

  3. Department of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Lawrence Milner

  4. Department of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Jorge M. Lopez-Benitez

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Oldan, J., McCauley, R., Pilichowska, M. et al. Unusual finding in pediatric Churg-Strauss: renal lesions on CT. Pediatr Radiol 41, 1065–1068 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-011-1989-3

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