| Literature DB >> 26272958 |
Conceição Costa1, Isabel Pinto Pais1, Elisabete Rios2, Cristina Costa3.
Abstract
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare disease of unknown aetiology, characterised by eosinophilic infiltration of the gastrointestinal wall with various gastrointestinal manifestations. Clinical presentation and radiological findings are non-specific and there is an overlap with more frequent childhood diseases requiring a high degree of clinical suspicion for accurate diagnosis. We describe a 2-month-old boy with prolonged diarrhoea, vomiting and food refusal. Diagnosis was settled by histology. The treatment with elemental diet was successful, with clinical resolution and catch-up growth. 2015 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26272958 PMCID: PMC4550855 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2015-210157
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN: 1757-790X