Zusammenfassung
Wir berichten über eine 48-jährige Patientin mit schwerem, therapierefraktärem IgE-vermitteltem
Asthma bronchiale, die 7 Wochen nach Einleitung einer Therapie mit Omalizumab, einem
humanisierten monoklonalen Antikörper gegen IgE (Xolair® ), ein Churg-Strauss-Syndrom mit prominenter, rasch progredienter Hautbeteiligung
vom Typ des Erythema migrans entwickelte.
Abstract
We report on a 48-years old caucasian female patient with severe recalcitrant IgE-mediated
bronchial asthma who developed a Churg-Strauss syndrome with rapid progression of
marked cutaneous involvement of the erythema migrans type 7 weeks after start of a
therapy with omalizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody directed against IgE (Xolair® ).
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Prof. Dr. med. habil. Lutz Kowalzick
Klinik für Hautkrankheiten und Allergologie HELIOS Vogtland-Klinikum Plauen GmbH
Postfach 100153 08505 Plauen
eMail: lutz.kowalzick@helios-kliniken.de