Eosinophilic gastroenteritis

A rare benign gastrointestinal disease characterized by the presence of abnormal and nonspecific gastro-intestinal (GI) manifestations, associated with an eosinophilic infiltration of the GI tract, which can affect several segments and involve several layers within the GI wall.

Cholecystitis

The presence of inflammatory changes in the gallbladder.


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PMID (PMCID)
17659742
 FEMALE Adult
Eosinophilic cholecystitis along with pericarditis caused by Ascaris lumbricoides: a case report.
Kaji K, Yoshiji H, Yoshikawa M, Yamazaki M, Ikenaka Y, Noguchi R, Sawai M, Ishikawa M, Mashitani T, Kitade M, Kawaratani H, Uemura M, Yamao J, Fujimoto M, Mitoro A, Toyohara M, Yoshida M, Fukui H.
World J Gastroenterol. 2007;13(27):3760-2.
Although the etiology of eosinophilic cholecystitis is still obscure, the postulated causes include allergies, parasites, hypereosinophilic syndrome, and eosinophilic gastroenteritis.
9072192
 MALE
[Eosinophilic cholecystitis: an infrequent cause of cholecystectomy].
Sanchez-Pobre P, Lopez-Rios Moreno F, Colina F, Yela C, Manzano M, Rodriguez S, Martin A, Casis B, Garfia C, Castellano G, Solis-Herruzo JA.
Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1997;20(1):21-3.
The etiology remains obscure, although it had been associated with allergies, parasites, hypereosinophilic syndromes, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, cholelithiasis, and acalculous cholecystitis.
998596
 FEMALE Adult
Eosinophilic cholecystitis.
Kerstein MD, Sheahan DG, Gudjonsson B, Lewis J.
Am J Gastroenterol. 1976;66(4):349-52.
Eosinophilic cholecystitis may represent a descrete entity in search of an etiology or involvement of the biliary tract by eosinophilic gastroenteritis.