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.

Weight loss

Reduction inexisting body weight.


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PMID (PMCID)
23904840
(3728613)
 OTHER
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis: review of a rare and treatable disease of the gastrointestinal tract.
Mori A, Enweluzo C, Grier D, Badireddy M.
Case Rep Gastroenterol. 2013;7(2):293-8.
In this article, we describe our encounter with a 59-year-old female presenting with severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss with an extensive evaluation including an upper endoscopy with biopsies resulting in a diagnosis of eosinophilic gastroenteritis.
23904840
(3728613)
 OTHER
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis: review of a rare and treatable disease of the gastrointestinal tract.
Mori A, Enweluzo C, Grier D, Badireddy M.
Case Rep Gastroenterol. 2013;7(2):293-8.
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare disease of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by crampy abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, gastrointestinal bleeding, and weight loss associated with peripheral eosinophilia leading to eosinophilic infiltrates in stomach and intestine, usually in a patient with a prior history of atopy.
9289842
 MALE Adult
[Symptomatic therapy of severe diarrhea in eosinophilic gastroenteritis with the somatostatin analog octreotide (Sandostatin)].
Rausch T, Gyr K, Wegmann W, Germer M, Meier R.
Schweiz Med Wochenschr Suppl. 1997;89:9S-13S.
We describe a patient with eosinophilic gastroenteritis whose symptoms included severe watery diarrhea (1.5 l/d), abdominal cramps, and weight loss.
1612991
 MALE
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis with encapsulated nematodes in a horse.
Cohen ND, Loy JK, Lay JC, Craig TM, McMullan WC.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1992;200(10):1518-20.
A 3-year-old Quarter Horse gelding admitted for evaluation of weight loss, signs of depression, and dermatitis of the coronary bands was found to have eosinophilic gastroenteritis.