title: Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
abstract: The eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a disease of unknown etiopathogenesis and rare presentation, with several clinical symptoms, ranging from mild episodes until nonspecific abdominal acute episodes of intestinal obstruction, which some times make it necessary urgent surgical treatment. This wide symptomatic range seems to be conditioned by the degree of eosinophilic infiltration of the intestinal wall and the number of layers involved. This paper reports the case of a patient who, due to the diagnosis difficulties, illustrates in a single patient the intestinal and respiratory anatomo-clinical diversity and the evolution of the eosinophilia both intestinal and peripheral. Patient was sent to our service with diagnoses of bronchial asthma, chronic allergic rhinitis and chronic anemia.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Inmunología Clínica y Alergia, Centro Médico Nacional 20 de Noviembre, ISSSTE. Av. Félix Cuevas 540, 03229 México, DF.
authors.forename: Ondina Marlene
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Garibay-Vargas
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soto-Candía
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Coria-Ramírez
authors.forename: María Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Castrejón-Vázquez
authors.forename: María Eugenia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Vargas-Camaño
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ramos-Acosta
authors.forename: Moisés
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salamanca-García
authors.forename: Ricardo Leopoldo
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Guido-Bayardo
keywords: Eosinophilic gastroenteritis