Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Ascites
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is an inflammatory gastrointestinal disease characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the digestive tract. The subserous type is the rarest form and diagnosis is challenging because the symptoms are heterogeneous and endoscopy may be non-diagnostic. The authors descr...
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| author | António Miguel Araújo Ferreira Susana Manuela Barbosa Soraia Oliveira José Ramada Augusta Silva |
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| description | Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is an inflammatory gastrointestinal disease characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the digestive tract. The subserous type is the rarest form and diagnosis is challenging because the symptoms are heterogeneous and endoscopy may be non-diagnostic. The authors describe the clinical case of a 41-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with subserous eosinophilic gastroenteritis. This case highlights the importance of clinical suspicion of eosinophilic gastroenteritis in patients in the third to fifth decades of life with gastrointestinal symptoms, ascites and eosinophilia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-957d0b93a47c4d64bb64960b5f63eadd2022-12-21T17:15:06ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942017-06-014510.12890/2017_000586212Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of AscitesAntónio Miguel Araújo Ferreira0Susana Manuela Barbosa1Soraia Oliveira2José Ramada3Augusta Silva4Serviço de Medicina 1, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, EPEServiço de Medicina 1, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, EPEServiço de Medicina 1, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, EPEerviço de Gastroenterologia, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, EPEServiço de Medicina 1, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, EPEEosinophilic gastroenteritis is an inflammatory gastrointestinal disease characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the digestive tract. The subserous type is the rarest form and diagnosis is challenging because the symptoms are heterogeneous and endoscopy may be non-diagnostic. The authors describe the clinical case of a 41-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with subserous eosinophilic gastroenteritis. This case highlights the importance of clinical suspicion of eosinophilic gastroenteritis in patients in the third to fifth decades of life with gastrointestinal symptoms, ascites and eosinophilia.http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/586Eosinophilic GastroenteritisAscitesEosinophilia |
| spellingShingle | António Miguel Araújo Ferreira Susana Manuela Barbosa Soraia Oliveira José Ramada Augusta Silva Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Ascites European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis Ascites Eosinophilia |
| title | Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Ascites |
| title_full | Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Ascites |
| title_fullStr | Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Ascites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Ascites |
| title_short | Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Ascites |
| title_sort | subserous eosinophilic gastroenteritis a rare cause of ascites |
| topic | Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis Ascites Eosinophilia |
| url | http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/586 |
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