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Churg–Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a rare multisystem autoimmune disease characterized by diffuse eosinophilic infiltration and necrotizing vasculitis. There are typical manifestations of longstanding rhinosinusitis and polyposis but otological manifestations are rare and characterized by dense aural discharge, granulomatous eosinophilic infiltrate in the mastoid and middle ear with conductive hearing loss, and progressive sensory neural hearing loss—all of which are not responsive to conventional treatment. We describe the case of a 59-year-old man with a rare presentation of CSS that included chronic bilateral otitis media with hearing loss and life-threatening pericardial tamponade. Treatment with pericardiocentesis, prednisone and cyclophosphamide was beneficial and resulted in an improvement of the pericardial and otological manifestations. Early recognition and treatment of otological involvement in CSS is extremely important because of the dramatic response to corticosteroids which may prevent progression of hearing loss.
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S. Ovadia and I. Dror are first co-authors.
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Ovadia, S., Dror, I., Zubkov, T. et al. Churg–Strauss syndrome: a rare presentation with otological and pericardial manifestations: case report and review of the literature. Clin Rheumatol 28 (Suppl 1), 35–38 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-009-1119-x
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