title: Successful intravenous immunoglobulin treatment for steroid-resistant eosinophilic enteritis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare condition of unknown etiology characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the bowel. Corticosteroids are the mainstay of EG therapy. Although rare, steroid-resistant EG could be a life-threatening condition with tissue destructive evolution. Associations of eosinophilic gastroenteritis with systemic lupus erythematosus have rarely been reported. In this report we describe a case of successful IVIG treatment in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and steroid-refractory eosinophilic gastroenteritis.
authors: Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy. francescociccia@tiscali.it
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Ciccia
authors: Anna Rita
authors: AR
authors: Giardina
authors: Nicola
authors: N
authors: Alessi
authors: Vito
authors: V
authors: Rodolico
authors: Massimo
authors: M
authors: Galia
authors: Angelo
authors: A
authors: Ferrante
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Triolo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004351:Drug Resistance; D004751:Enteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012074:Remission Induction; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous