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eosinophilic_enteropathy

eosinophilic enteropathy

Introduction

  • an enteropathy characterised by raised levels of eosinophils in the gut and / or blood
  • can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract, and is often named by the part affected: colon (colitis), esophagus (oesophagitis), stomach (gastritis), or both the stomach and small intestine (eosinophilic gastroenteritis)

Aetiology

  • food allergies
  • parasites

Clinical features

Diagnosis

  • endoscopy and biopsy to demonstrate the eosinophilia
  • FBE may show eosinophilia
eosinophilic_enteropathy.txt · Last modified: 2019/08/08 15:14 by 127.0.0.1

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