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KMID : 0359020010220030159
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Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2001 Volume.22 No. 3 p.159 ~ p.163
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Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis Involving Entire Gastrointestinal Tract with Eosinophilic Ascites
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유권/Kweon Yoo
이재현/이문숙/이만용/남승우/노임환/명나혜/Jae Hyun Lee/Moon Sook Lee/Man Yong Lee/Seung Woo Nam/Im Hwan Roe/Na Hye Myong
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Abstract
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Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare disease of unknown cause characterized by eosinophilic infiltration in various areas of gastrointestinal tract with gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea and rarely ascites.
Its
clinical feature depends on the type of layer and location involved. Serosal eosinophilic infiltration, the rarest form of presentation, may result in development of eosinophilic ascites. We experienced a case of eosinophilic gastroenteritis
involving
entire gastrointestinal tract with eosinophilic peritoneal fluid in a 38-year-old female with abdominal distension and abdominal pain. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, colonoscopy, small bowel series, abdominal CT showed diffuse wall thickening
from
esophagus to rectum. The eosinophilic peritoneal fluid and peripheral eosinophilia were confirmed by multiple biopsies of the gastrointestinal tract. She was treated with corticosteroid and responded dramatically. We report this case with a brief
review
of the literatures
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