Churg-Strauss syndrome
(chŭrg'strows' 
)
[Jacob Churg, U.S. pathologist, 1910–2005; Lotte Strauss, U.S. pathologist, 1913–1985]
A rare systemic vasculitis affecting the respiratory, musculoskeletal, cardiac, and peripheral nervous systems. It typically develops in patients with a history of asthma or allergy and is marked by hypereosinophilia.