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Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis in the Pediatric Patient

Lillian P. Kravis

Divisions of Allergy-Immunology and Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mary Ann South

Divisions of Allergy-Immunology and Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mary Loretta Rosenlund

Divisions of Allergy-Immunology and Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a diagnosis to be entertained whenever a patient has abdominal complaints accompanied by striking peripheral eosinophilia. A definitive diagnosis is of great importance in this illness, since undiagnosed cases often undergo needless exploratory surgery. An infant seen at 2 years, 10 months of age with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting, was found to have a white blood cell count of 50,000/cu mm with 54% eosinophils and eosinophilic ascites. An antral tissue biopsy yielded a diagnosis of eosinophilic gastroenteritis after many studies had been made to exclude other diagnoses. Treatment with intermittent courses of prednisone kept the patient relatively asymptomatic over the period of 20 years during which she remained under our care. Immunologic studies shed no light on the etiology of this patient's disorder. The literature dealing with diffuse, infiltrative eosinophilic gastroenteritis is reviewed.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 21, No. 12, 713-717 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/000992288202101202
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