[Eosinophilic gastroenteritis and pulmonary thromboembolism. A chance association?].
We present the case of a patient whose clinical signs were abdominal pain, diarrhea and fever, in which the diagnosis of eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EEG) was established and during whose evolution he underwent a pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). We comment the characteristics of the EEG, a rare entity sometimes included in the so-called idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (IHS) and the potential relationship between PTE and hypercoagulability in the context of eosinophilia.
Santana García
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Servicio de Medicina Interna II, Hospital Universitario, Salamanca.
Fuertes Martín
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Guerrero Peral
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Aparicio Velasco
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Jiménez López
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D000328:Adult; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
Gastroenteritis eosinofílica y tromboembolismo pulmonar. Asociación casual?