Eosinophilic gastroenteritis: possible role of sonography in diagnosis and follow-up

Hepatogastroenterology. 1993 Feb;40(1):41-3.

Abstract

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is a rare disease of unknown etiology. The clinical and radiological diagnoses have to be confirmed by histological examination of biopsy specimens. The authors now present a case of a 19-year-old man with recurrent epigastric pain and vomiting, whose sonographic features and eosinophilia suggested the diagnosis of EGE, which was subsequently confirmed by histology. Sonographic follow-up permitted an effective evaluation of the evolution of the disease under steroid therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Digestive System / diagnostic imaging
  • Eosinophilia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gastric Mucosa / pathology
  • Gastroenteritis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Ultrasonography