Open AccessEndoscopic ultrasound and hisopathologic correlates in eosinophilic gastroenteritis
Author(s) -
S Al-Naser,
Abdulrahman Aljebreen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.32185
Subject(s) - medicine , eosinophilia , eosinophilic gastroenteritis , pathology , eosinophilic , histopathology , endoscopic ultrasound , eosinophilic esophagitis , stomach , eosinophil , gastroenterology , radiology , asthma , disease
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare condition characterized by eosinophilic infiltration into any layer of stomach and intestine (mucosa, muscularis mucosa and serosa), usually in association with peripheral eosinophilia. In this case report, we present a patient with eosinophilic gastroenterocolitis who had a history of bronchial asthma and presented with abdominal pain. He was found to have peripheral eosinophilia, perforation and gangrenous bowel on performing surgery and tissue eosinophilia on histopathology examination. His endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) showed significant thickening of his antral and duodenal mucosal and submucosal layers which correlated well with the gross and microscopic pathology of the resected surgical specimen. This is the first case to demonstrate EUS abnormalities in this very rare disorder.