PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - H-H Lin
AU  - C-H Wu
AU  - L-S Wu
AU  - R-Y Shyu
TI  - Eosinophilic gastroenteritis presenting as relapsing severe abdominal pain and enteropathy with protein loss
AID  - 10.1136/emj.2004.016337
DP  - 2005 Nov 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 834--835
VI  - 22
IP  - 11
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/11/834.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/11/834.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2005 Nov 01; 22
AB  - Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG) is an uncommon gastrointestinal tract disease, and diagnosis can be difficult. A combination of acute or recurrent abdominal pain with peripheral hypereosinophilia suggests the diagnosis. Surgery in patients with these features might therefore be avoided. Physicians must maintain a high index of suspicion and a working knowledge of the natural history of EG in order to establish the proper diagnosis. We present the case of a young man with EG who presented with relapsing severe abdominal pain and enteropathy with protein loss.