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Intestinal Perforation in a Two‐Year‐Old Child with Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
Author(s) -
AGERTOFT ARNE,
HUSBY STEFFEN,
HØST ARNE
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1991.tb11869.x
Subject(s) - medicine , eosinophilic gastroenteritis , eosinophilia , perforation , biopsy , eosinophilic , complication , gastroenterology , infiltration (hvac) , pathology , surgery , materials science , physics , punching , metallurgy , thermodynamics
. A two‐year‐old boy underwent a laparatomy for an intestinal perforation due to eosinophilic gastroenteritis. He had marked peripheral blood eosinophilia and a small duodenal biopsy showed heavy eosinophilic infiltration in the mucosa. After 1 1/2 year on a restricted diet, a control duodenal biopsy showed only slight eosinophilia. Perforation of the small intestine is a rare but serious complication in eosinophilic gastroenteritis.