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Query: UMLS:C0000729 (
abdominal cramps
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We describe a patient with
eosinophilic gastroenteritis
whose symptoms included severe watery diarrhea (1.5 l/d),
abdominal cramps
, and weight loss. Biopsies revealed massive eosinophilic inflammation of the entire gastrointestinal tract. The total plasma eosinophilic count was elevated by up to 30%. Infectious etiologies and chronic inflammatory bowel disease had been ruled out. By use of the somatostatin analogue octreotide the diarrhea decreased immediately in a dose-dependent fashion and the patient recovered within twelve days. In this case octreotide was helpful in controlling severe diarrhea and limiting the subsequent necessary i.v. fluid replacement.
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PMID:[Symptomatic therapy of severe diarrhea in eosinophilic gastroenteritis with the somatostatin analog octreotide (Sandostatin)]. 928 42
