Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Ascites

Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Ascites

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is an inflammatory gastrointestinal disease characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the digestive tract. The subserous type is the rarest form and diagnosis is challenging because the symptoms are heterogeneous and endoscopy may be non-diagnostic. The authors descr...

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Main Authors: António Miguel Araújo Ferreira, Susana Manuela Barbosa, Soraia Oliveira, José Ramada, Augusta Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2017-06-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Subjects:
Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
Ascites
Eosinophilia
Online Access:http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/586
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spelling doaj-957d0b93a47c4d64bb64960b5f63eadd2020-11-24T23:23:54ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942017-06-014510.12890/2017_000586212Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of AscitesAntónio Miguel Araújo Ferreira0Susana Manuela Barbosa1Soraia Oliveira2José Ramada3Augusta Silva4Serviço de Medicina 1, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, EPEServiço de Medicina 1, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, EPEServiço de Medicina 1, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, EPEerviço de Gastroenterologia, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, EPEServiço de Medicina 1, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, EPEEosinophilic gastroenteritis is an inflammatory gastrointestinal disease characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the digestive tract. The subserous type is the rarest form and diagnosis is challenging because the symptoms are heterogeneous and endoscopy may be non-diagnostic. The authors describe the clinical case of a 41-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with subserous eosinophilic gastroenteritis. This case highlights the importance of clinical suspicion of eosinophilic gastroenteritis in patients in the third to fifth decades of life with gastrointestinal symptoms, ascites and eosinophilia.http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/586Eosinophilic GastroenteritisAscitesEosinophilia
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author António Miguel Araújo Ferreira
Susana Manuela Barbosa
Soraia Oliveira
José Ramada
Augusta Silva
spellingShingle António Miguel Araújo Ferreira
Susana Manuela Barbosa
Soraia Oliveira
José Ramada
Augusta Silva
Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Ascites
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
Ascites
Eosinophilia
author_facet António Miguel Araújo Ferreira
Susana Manuela Barbosa
Soraia Oliveira
José Ramada
Augusta Silva
author_sort António Miguel Araújo Ferreira
title Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Ascites
title_short Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Ascites
title_full Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Ascites
title_fullStr Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Ascites
title_full_unstemmed Subserous Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: A Rare Cause of Ascites
title_sort subserous eosinophilic gastroenteritis: a rare cause of ascites
publisher SMC MEDIA SRL
series European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
issn 2284-2594
publishDate 2017-06-01
description Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is an inflammatory gastrointestinal disease characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the digestive tract. The subserous type is the rarest form and diagnosis is challenging because the symptoms are heterogeneous and endoscopy may be non-diagnostic. The authors describe the clinical case of a 41-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with subserous eosinophilic gastroenteritis. This case highlights the importance of clinical suspicion of eosinophilic gastroenteritis in patients in the third to fifth decades of life with gastrointestinal symptoms, ascites and eosinophilia.
topic Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
Ascites
Eosinophilia
url http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/586
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