Main Entry: Churg–Strauss syndrome

Pronunciation: \ˈchərg-ˈstrau̇s-\

Function: noun

: granulomatosis that typically affects the lungs but may involve other organs or tissues (as the skin or kidneys), is accompanied by vasculitis, eosinophilia, and asthma, and is sometimes considered to be a variant form of polyarteritis nodosa

Churg, Jacob (born 1910), and Strauss, Lotte (1913–1985), American pathologists. Churg and Strauss spent virtually the whole of their medical careers at Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical School in New York City. Churg's areas of research included vascular diseases, renal structure and diseases, and pneumoconioses. Strauss specialized in pediatric pathology. They described the syndrome that bears their names in articles published in 1951.