Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, 400 022, India.
Department of Gastroenterology, LTMMC & LTMGH, Endoscopy Room 13, College Building, First Floor, Sion, Mumbai, 400 022, India.
Indian J Gastroenterol. 2020 Aug;39(4):411-414. doi: 10.1007/s12664-020-01067-2. Epub 2020 Aug 15.
Primary eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare inflammatory disorder of gastrointestinal tract characterized by symptoms like abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, weight loss, and eosinophilic infiltration of the intestinal wall with or without peripheral eosinophilia. We found four cases with different causes of eosinophilic enteritis with varying manifestations ranging from chronic diarrhea with malabsorption, dysphagia, and gastric outlet obstruction due to mass-like lesions.
原发性嗜酸性粒细胞性胃肠炎是一种罕见的胃肠道炎症性疾病,其特征为腹痛、腹泻、呕吐、体重减轻和肠壁嗜酸性粒细胞浸润,伴或不伴外周血嗜酸性粒细胞增多。我们发现了 4 例不同病因的嗜酸性粒细胞性肠炎,其表现各异,从慢性腹泻伴吸收不良、吞咽困难到因肿块样病变引起的胃出口梗阻。