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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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Autores principales: Devi, Sujata, Kar, Nilanjan, Sahoo, Debananda, Dey, Anupam, Das, Dhriti Sundar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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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.
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Devi, Sujata
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Sahoo, Debananda
Dey, Anupam
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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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