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Acute Churg-Strauss Syndrome in an Asthmatic Patient Receiving Montelukast Therapy

Gil Yosipovitch, MD; Mark B. Y. Tang, MD
Arch Dermatol. 2003;139(6):715-718. doi:10.1001/archderm.139.6.715.
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Multiple palpable, necrotic, vasculitic lesions and purpura over the left lower limb.

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Fibrin deposition in the small vessels of the upper dermis with prominent red blood cell extravasation and thinning of the epidermis with scale crust (hematoxylin-eosin, original magnification ×100).

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Tissue eosinophilia with numerous eosinophils around the deep dermal vessels (hematoxylin-eosin, original magnification ×200).

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Dense eosinophilic infiltrate around the eccrine glands and fat at the dermal-subcutis junction (hematoxylin-eosin, original magnification ×200).

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