title: [Esophageal involvement in a case of eosinophilic gastroenteritis].
abstract: A 43-year-old woman presented with severe diarrhea and vomiting in addition to abdominal distension and dysphagia which had persisted for a month. Endoscopic biopsies revealed a significant eosinophilic infiltration in the mucosal layer of the esophagus, duodenum and ileum, yielding a diagnosis of eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG) with esophageal involvement. The endoscopic examination of esophageal lesion in this case showed linear fissures and concentric rings, both of which are characteristic findings observed in eosinophilic esophagitis (EE). This suggests that these characteristic endoscopic findings in EE can also be applied to the results of endoscopic examinations for esophageal involvement in EG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Fujieda Municipal General Hospital, Japan. y_kurebayashi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurebayashi
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Teruyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimura
authors.forename: Masanobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kageoka
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohata
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uozaki
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000473:pathology*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans