title: Near fatal eosinophilic gastroenteritis responding to oral sodium chromoglycate.
abstract: Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG) is an uncommon disorder, characterised by cramping abdominal pain, diarrhoea and vomiting and histologically by eosinophilic infiltration of bowel wall. We present a patient who developed EG during the course of a systemic, necrotising vasculitis, who became critically ill after failure of treatment with corticosteroids and cytotoxic drugs and responded only to oral sodium chromoglycate.
mesh_terms: D004205:Cromolyn Sodium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D004205:Cromolyn Sodium