An Extremely Uncommon Case of Parasitic Infection Presenting as Eosinophilic Ascites in a Young Patient

An Extremely Uncommon Case of Parasitic Infection Presenting as Eosinophilic Ascites in a Young Patient

We report the case of a 24-year-old male patient admitted for recent ascites and splenomegaly of unknown origin. The patient was referred to our institution with complaints of diarrhea, epigastric pain, abdominal cramping and weight loss over the past three weeks. The acute onset presented with coli...

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Main Authors: Kemal Oncu, Yusuf Yazgan, Mustafa Kaplan, Alpaslan Tanoglu, Irfan Kucuk, Ufuk Berber, Levent Demirturk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2011-04-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Eosinophilic ascites
Parasitic infection
Albendazole
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/326927

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