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.

Fever

Elevated body temperature due to failed thermoregulation.


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PMID (PMCID)
16484748
 MALE Adult
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole-induced hypersensitivity syndrome associated with reactivation of human herpesvirus-6.
Morimoto T, Sato T, Matsuoka A, Sakamoto T, Ohta K, Ando T, Ikushima S, Hagiwara K, Matsuno H, Akiyama O, Oritsu M.
Intern Med. 2006;45(2):101-5.
A 27-year-old man who had a history of bronchial asthma, eosinophilic enteritis, and eosinophilic pneumonia presented with fever, skin eruptions, cervical lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, atypical lymphocytosis, and eosinophilia two weeks after receiving trimethoprim (TMP)-sulfamethoxazole (SMX) treatment.
7749013
 FEMALE Adult
[Eosinophilic gastroenteritis and pulmonary thromboembolism. A chance association?].
Santana Garcia S, Fuertes Martin A, Guerrero Peral AL, Aparicio Velasco J, Jimenez Lopez A.
An Med Interna. 1995;12(2):73-5.
We present the case of a patient whose clinical signs were abdominal pain, diarrhea and fever, in which the diagnosis of eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EEG) was established and during whose evolution he underwent a pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE).