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Churg-Strauss syndrome MRI

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis on cardiac MRI may show myocardial and subendocardial fibrosis.

MRI findings

MRI findings

  • Subendocardial fibrosis, myocardial fibrosis may be seen in cardiac MRI.[1][2]
References

References

  1. ↑ Mavrogeni S, Manoussakis MN, Karagiorga TC, Douskou M, Panagiotakos D, Bournia V, Cokkinos DV, Moutsopoulos HM (August 2009). “Detection of coronary artery lesions and myocardial necrosis by magnetic resonance in systemic necrotizing vasculitides”. Arthritis Rheum. 61 (8): 1121–9. doi:10.1002/art.24695. PMID 19644909.
  2. ↑ Szczeklik W, Miszalski-Jamka T, Mastalerz L, Sokolowska B, Dropinski J, Banys R, Hor KN, Mazur W, Musial J (2011). “Multimodality assessment of cardiac involvement in Churg-Strauss syndrome patients in clinical remission”. Circ. J. 75 (3): 649–55. PMID 21139253.

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