Ultrasound guided percutaneous fine-needle biopsy in a case of eosinophilic gastroenteritis.
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare disease; clinical features depend on which intestinal layer is involved. In our report a 70-year-old woman presented with intestinal subocclusion and ascites. Endoscopic biopsies of gastric mucosa were negative. Ultrasound guided percutaneous fine-needle biopsy showed muscle infiltration by eosinophils of muscle layer of the stomach and jejunum. Muscular and serosal disease are usually diagnosed only by laparotomy or laparoscopy.
Sleiman
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Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy.
Villanacci
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Pelizzari
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Bettini
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Balestrieri
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GP
D000368:Aged; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011241:Prednisone