title: Perforated duodenal ulcer in a pediatric patient with eosinophilic gastroenteritis.
abstract: An 11-year-old boy with eosinophilic gastroenteritis treated by an elimination diet alone presented with a perforated gastroduodenal ulcer subsequent to blunt trauma to the abdomen. Peripheral eosinophilia, chronic iron deficiency, chronic hypoalbuminemia and severe failure to thrive had been present since age 2 years. Immunological work-up revealed food allergies, documented by skin tests. A review of the literature since 1966 revealed only six other cases of perforation of the gastrointestinal tract, one of whom was also a child.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Hôpital Ste-Justine, Montreal, Quebec.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deslandres
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hardy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010439:Peptic Ulcer Perforation / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents