Acute abdomen due to eosinophilic colitis with liver abscess.
Eosinophilic colitis is an uncommon condition and rarely presents as acute abdomen. We report a 65-year-old man who presented with acute abdomen-- severe pain in upper abdomen, with pyrexia, tachycardia, guarding and right-sided intercostal tenderness--secondary to eosinophilic colitis and was successfully managed. He had additional problems in form of cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis, cholangitis, pyogenic liver abscesses and gout.
Kandaswamy
Gokul Vignesh
GV
Department of General and GI Surgery, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospitals, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu 641 004, India. kgvignesh@yahoo.com.
Kumar
Sathish T
ST
Jeyasingh
R
R
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D003092:Colitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D046290:Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*