Marked improvement of Churg-Strauss vasculitis with intravenous gammaglobulins

Y Levy1, J George, F Fabbrizzi

  • 1Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.

Churg-Strauss vasculitis (CSV) is a systemic vasculitis usually treated with steroids and cytotoxic drugs. Herein, we describe the beneficial effect of intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) in a 50-year-old man with CSV. The IVIG therapy brought a marked clinical improvement, with impressive decline in the titers of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody.

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