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Ultrasonography offers direct imaging of the bowel wall and allows dynamic evaluation of peristalsis. It helps to differentiate eosinophilic gastroenteritis from regional enteritis and lymphoma, displays a typical appearance in intussusception and is quite specific in the afferent loop syndrome, closed-loop obstruction and lymphedema. It may be helpful in ischemia of the bowel and in the evaluation of acute appendicitis.
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PMID:Current status of small-bowel ultrasound. 219 34

A 20-year-old woman is presented who had eosinophilic gastroenteritis of the muscularis and serosal type which involved the terminal ileum. The diagnosis was initially acute appendicitis, but clues to the correct diagnosis included the presence of malabsorption, protein-losing enteropathy, abdominal pain and ascites, and especially a history of recurrent bouts. Peripheral eosinophilia is found in most cases and biopsy, or a peritoneal tap when ascites is present, may demonstrate a predominantly eosinophilic infiltration. Radiographic findings include a rigid, open ileocecal valve. There is rapid response to corticosteroid therapy, but long term follow-up is required because the disease may run a chronic, relapsing course.
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PMID:[Eosinophilic gastroenteritis]. 280 53

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG) is characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the bowel wall and variable gastrointestinal manifestations. Clinicians should have a high index of suspicion for EG when faced with gastrointestinal symptoms and peripheral eosinophilia to avoid incorrect diagnosis and inappropriate treatments. A 24-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital complaining of acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain and a laparoscopic appendectomy performed for a presumed diagnosis of an acute appendicitis. However, the procedure revealed bowel edema and a moderate amount of ascites without evidence of a suppurative appendicitis. Postoperatively, she showed persistent and progressive eosinophilia, exudative eosinophilic ascites, eosinophilic infiltration of the resected appendix wall, and eosinophilic infiltration of gastroduodenal mucosa. A punch biopsy of the abdominal skin also revealed inflammation with marked eosinophilic infiltration of the skin. She recovered after the treatment with a low dose of steroid for the EG with eosinophilic dermatitis. EG with eosinophilic dermatitis has not been reported yet and is considered fortuitous in this case.
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PMID:Eosinophilic gastroenteritis with eosinophilic dermatitis. 2004 30