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Leukotriene receptor antagonist associated Churg–Strauss syndrome

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ICD-10
  
Y55.6

ICD-9-CM
  
E945.7

Leukotriene receptor antagonist-associated Churg–Strauss syndrome may occur in asthma patients being treated with leukotriene receptor antagonists, occurring 2 days to 10 months after the antagonist has been started, with features of the syndrome including peripheral eosinphilia, pulmonary infiltrates, and less commonly neuropathy, sinusitis, and cardiomyopathy.

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