Eosinophilic gastroenteritis: diagnostic laparoscopy.
We report a case of eosinophilic gastroenteritis. The initial diagnosis was made by laparoscopic inspection of the lesion during exploration of the abdomen. We immediately carried out an extracorporeal resection using a laparoscopic surgical technique. Pathological examination confirmed our diagnosis. Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is an infrequent condition, and this definitive description of a lesion as seen in the magnified field of the laparoscope demonstrates the effectiveness of laparoscopy as a diagnostic tool to diagnose the cause of ill-defined abdominal discomfort with inconclusive laboratory findings that formerly would have needed a more surgically aggressive laparotomy to resolve.
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Hospital Clinico Universitario, Málaga, Spain.
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D010535:Laparoscopy