title: Intestinal perforation in a two-year-old child with eosinophilic gastroenteritis.
abstract: A two-year-old boy underwent a laparatomy for an intestinal perforation due to eosinophilic gastroenteritis. He had marked peripheral blood eosinophilia and a small duodenal biopsy showed heavy eosinophilic infiltration in the mucosa. After 1 1/2 year on a restricted diet, a control duodenal biopsy showed only slight eosinophilia. Perforation of the small intestine is a rare but serious complication in eosinophilic gastroenteritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agertoft
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Husby
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Høst
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications*; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male