1/9. Ultrasound guided percutaneous fine-needle biopsy in a case of eosinophilic gastroenteritis.Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare disease; clinical features depend on which intestinal layer is involved. In our report a 70-year-old woman presented with intestinal subocclusion and ascites. Endoscopic biopsies of gastric mucosa were negative. Ultrasound guided percutaneous fine-needle biopsy showed muscle infiltration by eosinophils of muscle layer of the stomach and jejunum. Muscular and serosal disease are usually diagnosed only by laparotomy or laparoscopy.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/9. Synchronous first manifestation of an idiopathic eosinophilic gastroenteritis and bronchial asthma.Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare disease of the gastrointestinal tract in which the eosinophils seem to play an important role in the inflammation of the gut wall. We report on a case with a synchronous first manifestation of eosinophilic gastroenteritis and bronchial asthma, which also occurred synchronously in all further episodes. The diagnosis was first made at the end of the second episode during which the patient lost more than 13 kg in weight. Under steroid therapy, symptoms of both diseases disappeared quickly in the third episode. We assume that participation of the gastrointestinal tract in patients with bronchial asthma occurs more frequently than expected. In asthma patients with abdominal symptomatology, eosinophilic gastroenteritis should also be considered.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/9. Eosinophilic gastroenteritis: presentation of two patients with unusual affect of terminal ileum and caecum with manifestations of acute abdomen and literature review.Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare disease; the long-term personal history with digestive symptoms and the course of the disease with relapses and remissions is the key for the disease to be suspected. endoscopy, CT scan and sonographic studies may provide important indirect signs of the disease and in combination with histological examination the diagnosis can be achieved. The administration of corticosteroids is an important factor for the treatment or the remission of the disease. In this study two cases with unusual location of the disease, on the terminal ileum and caecum, are presented and a literature review is attempted. The disease process, clinical and laboratory findings as well as the surgical approach used are described. Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a very rare disease with its surgical complications. The disease is a non-surgical disease, thus presurgical diagnosis is important because the entity discussed can be under control by conservative treatment. A high disease suspicious index must be kept in the physicians' mind.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/9. Eosinophilic gastroenteritis presenting with biliary and duodenal obstruction.Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare disease associated with eosinophilic infiltration of the gastrointestinal tract which can result in gastroduodenal obstruction. Biliary obstruction due to duodenal disease is rare, and the simultaneous occurrence of obstruction of the duodenum and biliary tract has not been previously reported. We now present a patient with abrupt onset of both biliary tract and duodenal obstruction due to eosinophilic infiltration of the muscularis of the duodenum and stomach. The differential diagnosis and unique features of this disease are reviewed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/9. Eosinophilic gastroenteritis: report of two cases.Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare disease, not previously been reported on taiwan. Two male cases are reported. One was 19 years old and the other one was 54 years old. Both patients responded to corticosteroid therapy.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/9. Eosinophilic gastroenteritis: possible role of sonography in diagnosis and follow-up.Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is a rare disease of unknown etiology. The clinical and radiological diagnoses have to be confirmed by histological examination of biopsy specimens. The authors now present a case of a 19-year-old man with recurrent epigastric pain and vomiting, whose sonographic features and eosinophilia suggested the diagnosis of EGE, which was subsequently confirmed by histology. Sonographic follow-up permitted an effective evaluation of the evolution of the disease under steroid therapy.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/9. Eosinophilic gastroenteritis.Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare disease of unknown aetiology characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the gastrointestinal wall and increased peripheral blood eosinophilia. The frequent finding of concomitant extradigestive involvement calls for differential diagnosis to distinguish some multisystemic pathologies, such as connective tissue disease. We recently treated a young woman affected by eosinophilic infiltration of the small and large intestine which spread to other organs. Tests ruled out allergic or parasitic aetiopathogenesis of the disease. The clinical, biological and evolutive findings suggest that eosinophilic gastroenteritis may evolve into idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/9. Proximal jejunal obstruction due to eosinophilic gastroenteritis.Eosinophilic enteritis or gastroenteritis is a rare disease characterised by tissue eosinophilia which can affect different layers of bowel wall. It can affect any area of gastrointestinal tract from the esophagus to the rectum, although stomach and small intestine are sites most frequently reported. It is important to recognize this disease early and institute the necessary treatment. An eight year old girl presented with acute intestinal obstruction. Exploration revealed a structure of proximal jejunum. Histopathology demonstrated eosinophilic jejunitis. The case is reported owing to this rarity and relevant literature is reviewed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
9/9. Eosinophilic gastroenteritis mimicking idiopathic hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.We report two infants with eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG). This rare disease can mimic the clinical symptoms and US appearance of idiopathic hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS). US examination of the antropyloric region with a high-frequency linear transducer can assist in the differentiation of EG from IHPS, which is important because the therapeutic approaches are completely different. Eosinophilic gastroenteritis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of IHPS, especially when there has been an ineffective pyloromyotomy.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |