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Eosinophilic Colitis Masquerading as Malignancy of Colon

Eosinophilic colitis (EC) is a rare part of spectrum of diseases called eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease (EGID). It was found to have bimodal distribution involving neonates and adults in age groups of 30 - 50 with male preponderance. We present this case of a 78-year-old woman who came to the...

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Autores principales: Sunkara, Tagore, Samarghandi, Arash, Dadana, Sriharsha, Gaduputi, Vinaya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5667702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29118877
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/gr878w
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author Sunkara, Tagore
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description Eosinophilic colitis (EC) is a rare part of spectrum of diseases called eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease (EGID). It was found to have bimodal distribution involving neonates and adults in age groups of 30 - 50 with male preponderance. We present this case of a 78-year-old woman who came to the hospital with abdominal pain, hematochezia and unintentional weight loss, and was found to have EC. This case was very unique given the age at presentation and the radiological findings mimicking malignancy. We reviewed the possible etiologies, clinical features, pathology, and treatment of EC along with the review of the literature.
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spelling pubmed-56677022017-11-08 Eosinophilic Colitis Masquerading as Malignancy of Colon Sunkara, Tagore Samarghandi, Arash Dadana, Sriharsha Gaduputi, Vinaya Gastroenterology Res Case Report Eosinophilic colitis (EC) is a rare part of spectrum of diseases called eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease (EGID). It was found to have bimodal distribution involving neonates and adults in age groups of 30 - 50 with male preponderance. We present this case of a 78-year-old woman who came to the hospital with abdominal pain, hematochezia and unintentional weight loss, and was found to have EC. This case was very unique given the age at presentation and the radiological findings mimicking malignancy. We reviewed the possible etiologies, clinical features, pathology, and treatment of EC along with the review of the literature. Elmer Press 2017-10 2017-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5667702/ /pubmed/29118877 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/gr878w Text en Copyright 2017, Sunkara et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Eosinophilic Colitis Masquerading as Malignancy of Colon
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5667702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29118877
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/gr878w
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