[Acute abdomen caused by eosinophilic gastritis].
The authors describe a case of acute abdomen operated in emergency for obstruction in a patient with eosinophilic gastritis. This is very unusual pathology characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the gastric antral wall combined with peripheric eosinophilia. This particular case was operated for a small bowel obstruction but in those rare cases, when we can reach a diagnosis with endoscopic biopsy, a prudential attitude becomes inevitable as this pathology is very responsive to medical treatment with corticosteroids.
Sacco
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D
Divisione di Chirurgia, Ospedale Civile, E. Agnelli, Torino.
Bardella
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R
Spidalieri
G
G
Cardino
L
L
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005756:Gastritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Addome acuto da gastrite eosinofila.