1/6. 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) |
2/6. 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) |
3/6. Eosinophilic enteritis presenting as acute abdomen: US features of two cases.Eosinophilic enteritis is a rare disease which may mimic acute abdominal emergency. Two sonographically documented cases are presented, which were subsequently proven at operation. Although the sonographic features of severe echolucent bowel wall thickening were not specific, combination with clinical and laboratory data may suggest the correct diagnosis.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/6. Rare cause of abdominal pain in childhood: computed tomography findings in a 14-year-old boy with a colonic carcinoma.Carcinoma of the colon during infancy and childhood is a rare disease, and the diagnosis is usually not taken into consideration in a child complaining of abdominal pain. Owing to the lack of awareness of its occurrence and the histological cell type, it generally presents as advanced disease. We report on the case of a 14-year-old patient admitted to hospital with an acute abdomen and a 2-month history of night sweats and weight loss of 10 kg. Ultrasound and computed tomography revealed an unclear mass of the lower abdomen, and colonoscopic histopathologic examination disclosed an obstructing tubular-papillary adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon. Colonic carcinoma should be included as a differential diagnosis in young patients with abdominal pain of unknown etiology.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/6. rupture of a renal cell carcinoma in a child: five-year tumor-free survival and literature review.The third case of presumably spontaneous rupture of a hypernephroma in a child is reported. This patient remains free of disease more than 5 years following radical nephrectomy, radiation and chemotherapy. Although renal adenocarcinoma in children remains a rare disease, more than 80 cases have appeared in the literature, making it necessary now to consider this tumor in the differential diagnosis of all childhood abdominal masses. Equally significant is the observation that presentation as an acute abdominal crisis in a child can occur, making it important that diagnostic considerations in such situations include hypernephroma, as well as Wilms' tumor. review of the literature shows that occasional cures from spontaneous retroperitoneal rupture of hypernephromas have been reported in adults, but not in children, although this child has survived in spite of tumor spillage in the free peritoneal cavity.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/6. Perforated gastric ulcer in children. Case report.12-year-old boy in whom a benign gastric ulcer perforated into the free abdominal cavity is reported. He has underwent emergency operation with a preoperative diagnosis of acute peritonitis due to perforation of peptic ulcer. Gastric ulcer is a rare disease of childhood. The illness was discussed in view of the literature.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |