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Not All Gastric Ulcers Are Malignant
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a small- and medium-vessel vasculitis that majorly involves the respiratory tract but can potentially involve any organ system of the body. Involvement of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract can present on a spectrum. We present an interesting case...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9345778/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35936189 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26535 |
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author | Warraich, Muhammad Sheharyar Attar, Bashar Khalid, Shazaq |
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description | Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a small- and medium-vessel vasculitis that majorly involves the respiratory tract but can potentially involve any organ system of the body. Involvement of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract can present on a spectrum. We present an interesting case of a 44-year-old man with a history of asthma and sinusitis who presented with non-specific GI symptoms and weight loss. The patient got diagnosed with EGPA. Endoscopic workup of the GI complaints revealed gastric ulcer and erosions of the upper GI tract. Biopsies of the lesions demonstrated eosinophilic infiltration suggestive of EGPA. This report represents a rare case of GI involvement of EGPA that could be histologically confirmed. |
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spelling | pubmed-93457782022-08-04 Not All Gastric Ulcers Are Malignant Warraich, Muhammad Sheharyar Attar, Bashar Khalid, Shazaq Cureus Internal Medicine Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a small- and medium-vessel vasculitis that majorly involves the respiratory tract but can potentially involve any organ system of the body. Involvement of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract can present on a spectrum. We present an interesting case of a 44-year-old man with a history of asthma and sinusitis who presented with non-specific GI symptoms and weight loss. The patient got diagnosed with EGPA. Endoscopic workup of the GI complaints revealed gastric ulcer and erosions of the upper GI tract. Biopsies of the lesions demonstrated eosinophilic infiltration suggestive of EGPA. This report represents a rare case of GI involvement of EGPA that could be histologically confirmed. Cureus 2022-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9345778/ /pubmed/35936189 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26535 Text en Copyright © 2022, Warraich 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. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Warraich, Muhammad Sheharyar Attar, Bashar Khalid, Shazaq Not All Gastric Ulcers Are Malignant |
title | Not All Gastric Ulcers Are Malignant |
title_full | Not All Gastric Ulcers Are Malignant |
title_fullStr | Not All Gastric Ulcers Are Malignant |
title_full_unstemmed | Not All Gastric Ulcers Are Malignant |
title_short | Not All Gastric Ulcers Are Malignant |
title_sort | not all gastric ulcers are malignant |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9345778/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35936189 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26535 |
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