title: [Distinct clinical presentations of a single medical entity: eosinophilic enteritis].
abstract: Eosinophilic enteritis is a rare disease characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of different wall layers of the gastrointestinal tract, from the esophagus to the rectum, by eosinophilic cells. The most frequently affected structures are the stomach and small intestine. The pathogenesis of eosinophilic enteritis is not well understood and is often related to a personal or familial history of atopy. Clinical symptoms depend on the affected layers. Thus malabsorptive syndrome, intestinal strictures or ascites depend on a mucosal, muscular or serosa layer infiltration, respectively. We present three cases of eosinophilic gastroenteritis with distinct clinical presentations.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Málaga, Spain. chabeli_estepona@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Isabel María
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Méndez Sánchez
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rivera Irigoín
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ubiña Aznar
authors.forename: Francisco Miguel
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Vera Rivero
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernández Pérez
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Navarro Jarabo
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sánchez Cantos
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004751:Enteritis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged