Eosinophilic gastroenteritis: possible role of sonography in diagnosis and follow-up.
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is a rare disease of unknown etiology. The clinical and radiological diagnoses have to be confirmed by histological examination of biopsy specimens. The authors now present a case of a 19-year-old man with recurrent epigastric pain and vomiting, whose sonographic features and eosinophilia suggested the diagnosis of EGE, which was subsequently confirmed by histology. Sonographic follow-up permitted an effective evaluation of the evolution of the disease under steroid therapy.
Goletti
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Department of Emergency Surgery, University of Pisa, Italy.
Cartei
F
F
De Negri
F
F
Braccini
G
G
Cioni
R
R
Buccianti
P
P
Chiarugi
H
H
Menconi
C
C
Seccia
M
M
Orlando
G
G
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D004064:Digestive System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography