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Eosinophilic Ascites: A Rare Case Report With Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges
Eosinophilic ascites is a manifestation of serosal eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease. We present a 44-year-old male with low serum ascites albumin gradient with high eosinophil count and contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen showing circumferential wall thickening of the esophagus...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7720916/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33304695 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11362 |
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author | Devi, Sujata Kar, Nilanjan Sahoo, Debananda Dey, Anupam Das, Dhriti Sundar |
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description | Eosinophilic ascites is a manifestation of serosal eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease. We present a 44-year-old male with low serum ascites albumin gradient with high eosinophil count and contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen showing circumferential wall thickening of the esophagus, mid to distal ileal loops, and ascending colon. The patient was managed with tablet prednisolone 20 mg twice daily for two weeks, then gradual tapering over one month. The patient responded to treatment. Awareness of the condition, timely diagnosis, and early treatment carries excellent responses. |
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spelling | pubmed-77209162020-12-09 Eosinophilic Ascites: A Rare Case Report With Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges Devi, Sujata Kar, Nilanjan Sahoo, Debananda Dey, Anupam Das, Dhriti Sundar Cureus Emergency Medicine Eosinophilic ascites is a manifestation of serosal eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease. We present a 44-year-old male with low serum ascites albumin gradient with high eosinophil count and contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen showing circumferential wall thickening of the esophagus, mid to distal ileal loops, and ascending colon. The patient was managed with tablet prednisolone 20 mg twice daily for two weeks, then gradual tapering over one month. The patient responded to treatment. Awareness of the condition, timely diagnosis, and early treatment carries excellent responses. Cureus 2020-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7720916/ /pubmed/33304695 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11362 Text en Copyright © 2020, Devi et al. http://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. |
spellingShingle | Emergency Medicine Devi, Sujata Kar, Nilanjan Sahoo, Debananda Dey, Anupam Das, Dhriti Sundar Eosinophilic Ascites: A Rare Case Report With Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges |
title | Eosinophilic Ascites: A Rare Case Report With Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges |
title_full | Eosinophilic Ascites: A Rare Case Report With Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges |
title_fullStr | Eosinophilic Ascites: A Rare Case Report With Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges |
title_full_unstemmed | Eosinophilic Ascites: A Rare Case Report With Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges |
title_short | Eosinophilic Ascites: A Rare Case Report With Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges |
title_sort | eosinophilic ascites: a rare case report with diagnostic and therapeutic challenges |
topic | Emergency Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7720916/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33304695 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11362 |
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