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BMJ Case Reports 2009; doi:10.1136/bcr.04.2009.1731
  • Rare disease

Recurrent wheezing … is it only asthma?

  1. Luis Vaz Rodrigues1,
  2. Cristina Lopes2,
  3. Graça Castel-Branco2
  1. 1
    Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra, Pulmunology, Quinta dos Vales, S Martinho do Bispo, Coimbra 3041-801, Portugal
  2. 2
    Hospital de São João, EPE, Immuno-allergology Division, Alameda Prof Hernâni Monteiro, Porto 4200 – 319, Portugal
  1. Luis Vaz Rodrigues, luis.vaz.rodrigues{at}gmail.com
  • Published 10 August 2009

Summary

We report the case of an 18-year-old female patient observed in our allergy clinic with a diagnosis of uncontrolled asthma. The unexpected behaviour of the disease led us to consider other diagnoses and we finally diagnosed Churg–Strauss syndrome, a rare multisystem disorder requiring a different clinical approach.

Footnotes

  • Competing interests: none.

  • Patient consent: Patient/guardian consent was obtained for publication.

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