Milk-sensitive eosinophilic gastroenteritis in a 10-day-old boy.
Eosinophilic gastroenteropathy in children is a rare, idiopathic disease characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the gastrointestinal tract. We describe a 10-day-old boy with aspecific clinical manifestations (unconsolable crying). Treatment with a semi-elemental diet was successful, suggesting a "milk-sensitive enteropathy", although he had been exclusively breast fed. Recent literature is reviewed.
Vandenplas
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Academisch Ziekenhuis Kinderen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
Quenon
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Renders
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Dab
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Loeb
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D000818:Animals; D003085:Colic / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000209:etiology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology*; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008892:Milk / Q000009:adverse effects*