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Eosinophilic Enteritis Flare-Up Mimicking Acute Gastroenteritis: A Rare Case

Eosinophilic enteritis is a rare subset of eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders. It typically presents with chronic symptoms of abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and ascites. However, the clinical presentation can vary due to acute flare-ups. Here, we present a case of eosinophilic ente...

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Autores principales: Veer, Maha, Devi, Sapna, Sonia, FNU, Khenhrani, Raja Ram, Kumar, Mukesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10521587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37767271
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44199
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author Veer, Maha
Devi, Sapna
Sonia, FNU
Khenhrani, Raja Ram
Kumar, Mukesh
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Kumar, Mukesh
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description Eosinophilic enteritis is a rare subset of eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders. It typically presents with chronic symptoms of abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and ascites. However, the clinical presentation can vary due to acute flare-ups. Here, we present a case of eosinophilic enteritis in a young female patient with intractable vomiting and diarrhea, mimicking acute gastroenteritis in the absence of other gastrointestinal symptoms. This case illustrates the challenge of diagnosing acute and diverse presentations of eosinophilic enteritis. It also highlights the importance of promptly treating and confirming the diagnosis through urgent tissue histopathology in adolescents with unexplained vomiting and diarrhea.
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spelling pubmed-105215872023-09-27 Eosinophilic Enteritis Flare-Up Mimicking Acute Gastroenteritis: A Rare Case Veer, Maha Devi, Sapna Sonia, FNU Khenhrani, Raja Ram Kumar, Mukesh Cureus Internal Medicine Eosinophilic enteritis is a rare subset of eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders. It typically presents with chronic symptoms of abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and ascites. However, the clinical presentation can vary due to acute flare-ups. Here, we present a case of eosinophilic enteritis in a young female patient with intractable vomiting and diarrhea, mimicking acute gastroenteritis in the absence of other gastrointestinal symptoms. This case illustrates the challenge of diagnosing acute and diverse presentations of eosinophilic enteritis. It also highlights the importance of promptly treating and confirming the diagnosis through urgent tissue histopathology in adolescents with unexplained vomiting and diarrhea. Cureus 2023-08-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10521587/ /pubmed/37767271 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44199 Text en Copyright © 2023, Veer et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Veer, Maha
Devi, Sapna
Sonia, FNU
Khenhrani, Raja Ram
Kumar, Mukesh
Eosinophilic Enteritis Flare-Up Mimicking Acute Gastroenteritis: A Rare Case
title Eosinophilic Enteritis Flare-Up Mimicking Acute Gastroenteritis: A Rare Case
title_full Eosinophilic Enteritis Flare-Up Mimicking Acute Gastroenteritis: A Rare Case
title_fullStr Eosinophilic Enteritis Flare-Up Mimicking Acute Gastroenteritis: A Rare Case
title_full_unstemmed Eosinophilic Enteritis Flare-Up Mimicking Acute Gastroenteritis: A Rare Case
title_short Eosinophilic Enteritis Flare-Up Mimicking Acute Gastroenteritis: A Rare Case
title_sort eosinophilic enteritis flare-up mimicking acute gastroenteritis: a rare case
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10521587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37767271
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44199
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