Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: Case Report and Review in Search for Diagnostic Key Points
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is considered an uncommon disease with a low incidence rate that remains as a diagnostic challenge for the clinician, in spite of the fact that seventy years have passed since...
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| author | Guillermo López-Medina Manuel Gallo Alejandro Prado Iliana Vicuña-Honorato Roxana Castillo Díaz de León |
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| description | Eosinophilic
gastroenteritis is considered an uncommon
disease with a low incidence rate that remains
as a diagnostic challenge for the clinician, in
spite of the fact that seventy years have passed
since its original description. Hereby we
present the case of a 29-year-old male without
history of allergies who was evaluated for
unspecific gastrointestinal symptoms, without
relevant findings on physical examination and
presenting an initial complete blood count (CBC)
with severe eosinophilia. The patient was
evaluated and the diagnosis of eosinophilic
gastroenteritis was confirmed by
histopathological findings. The relevance of the
case resides in highlighting the lack of
guidelines or consensus for histological
diagnosis being virtually the only one
available. To a similar extent, treatment
evidence is based on case series with a
reasonable number of patients and case
reports. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-647aecbbb9a344caa57085ffb1bd37c42025-02-03T06:08:18ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362015-01-01201510.1155/2015/239506239506Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: Case Report and Review in Search for Diagnostic Key PointsGuillermo López-Medina0Manuel Gallo1Alejandro Prado2Iliana Vicuña-Honorato3Roxana Castillo Díaz de León4Hospital Angeles Clinica Londres, Durango No. 50, Roma Norte, Cuauhtémoc, 06700 Ciudad de México, DF, MexicoHospital Angeles Clinica Londres, Durango No. 50, Roma Norte, Cuauhtémoc, 06700 Ciudad de México, DF, MexicoHospital Angeles Clinica Londres, Durango No. 50, Roma Norte, Cuauhtémoc, 06700 Ciudad de México, DF, MexicoHospital Angeles Clinica Londres, Durango No. 50, Roma Norte, Cuauhtémoc, 06700 Ciudad de México, DF, MexicoHospital Angeles Mocel, Gregorio V. Gelati No. 29, San Miguel Chapultepec, Miguel Hidalgo, 11850 Ciudad de México, DF, MexicoEosinophilic gastroenteritis is considered an uncommon disease with a low incidence rate that remains as a diagnostic challenge for the clinician, in spite of the fact that seventy years have passed since its original description. Hereby we present the case of a 29-year-old male without history of allergies who was evaluated for unspecific gastrointestinal symptoms, without relevant findings on physical examination and presenting an initial complete blood count (CBC) with severe eosinophilia. The patient was evaluated and the diagnosis of eosinophilic gastroenteritis was confirmed by histopathological findings. The relevance of the case resides in highlighting the lack of guidelines or consensus for histological diagnosis being virtually the only one available. To a similar extent, treatment evidence is based on case series with a reasonable number of patients and case reports.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/239506 |
| spellingShingle | Guillermo López-Medina Manuel Gallo Alejandro Prado Iliana Vicuña-Honorato Roxana Castillo Díaz de León Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: Case Report and Review in Search for Diagnostic Key Points Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: Case Report and Review in Search for Diagnostic Key Points |
| title_full | Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: Case Report and Review in Search for Diagnostic Key Points |
| title_fullStr | Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: Case Report and Review in Search for Diagnostic Key Points |
| title_full_unstemmed | Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: Case Report and Review in Search for Diagnostic Key Points |
| title_short | Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: Case Report and Review in Search for Diagnostic Key Points |
| title_sort | eosinophilic gastroenteritis case report and review in search for diagnostic key points |
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