A patient with oeosinophilic gastroenteritis and severe malnutrition improved with home parenteral nutrition.
Oeosinophilic gastroenteritis is a chronic and rare disorder characterised by massive oeosinophilic tissue infiltration involving one or more segments of the digestive tract. The management of patients with oeosinophilic gastroenteritis is complex and the therapeutic response often poor. Here we discuss the clinical case and management of a 23-year-old man with oeosinophilic gastroenteritis since the first year of life and the decision to prescribe lifelong total parenteral nutrition.
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy. nad2005@unina.it
Lidia
L
Santarpia
Rosario
R
Cuomo
Luigi
L
Camera
Lucia
L
Alfonsi
Franco
F
Contaldo
Fabrizio
F
Pasanisi
D004751:Enteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005756:Gastritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016331:Parenteral Nutrition, Home; D055815:Young Adult