RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Eosinophilic gastroenteritis presenting as relapsing severe abdominal pain and enteropathy with protein loss
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 834
OP 835
DO 10.1136/emj.2004.016337
VO 22
IS 11
A1 H-H Lin
A1 C-H Wu
A1 L-S Wu
A1 R-Y Shyu
YR 2005
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/11/834.abstract
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.