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- Title
A Rare Case of Ascites: Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis.
- Authors
Doğan, Güzide; Düzgün, Fatih; Yılmaz, Ömer; Ayhan, Semin; Gülen, Hüseyin; Kasırga, Erhun
- Abstract
Eosinophilic gastroenteropathies are rare disorders. An 18-year-old girl presented to the hospital with abdominal pain and distension. Abdominal tenderness and grade 2 ascites, serious peripheral eosinophilia and high immunoglobulin E level were found. Laparoscopic antrum biopsy showed subserosal eosinophilic infiltration. Eosinophilic gastroenteropathy was suspected, diet elimination was given, no steroid treatment was used.
- Subjects
ABDOMINAL pain; ASCITES; BIOPSY; DIET in disease; DIET therapy; EOSINOPHILIA; GASTROENTERITIS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; RARE diseases
- Publication
Journal of Pediatric Research, 2020, Vol 7, Issue 3, p264
- ISSN
2147-9445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4274/jpr.galenos.2019.96636