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.

Enterocolitis

An inflammation of the colon and small intestine. However, most conditions are either categorized as Enteritis (inflammation of the small intestine) or Colitis (inflammation of the large intestine).


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PMID (PMCID)
21646794
 MIXED_SAMPLE Infant, Newborn
Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders in infants: a Japanese case series.
Yamada Y, Nishi A, Ebara Y, Kato M, Yamamoto H, Morita H, Nomura I, Matsumoto K, Hirato J, Hatakeyama SI, Suzuki N, Hayashi Y.
Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2011;155 Suppl 1:40-5.
There were patients with eosinophilic colitis (1 suspected and 2 biopsy-proven), a patient who was suspected of having allergic eosinophilic enterocolitis, and a patient with eosinophilic gastroenteritis associated with pediatric hypereosinophilic syndrome.
17584315
 MALE Infant
Educational clinical case series for pediatric allergy and immunology: allergic proctocolitis, food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome and allergic eosinophilic gastroenteritis with protein-losing gastroenteropathy as manifestations of non-IgE-mediated cow's milk allergy.
Maloney J, Nowak-Wegrzyn A.
Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2007;18(4):360-7.
Educational clinical case series for pediatric allergy and immunology: allergic proctocolitis, food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome and allergic eosinophilic gastroenteritis with protein-losing gastroenteropathy as manifestations of non-IgE-mediated cow's milk allergy.
6832630
 FEMALE Adult
Pseudotumoral enterocolitis and massive eosinophilia.
Male PJ, de Toledo F, Widgren S, de Peyer R, Berthoud S.
Gut. 1983;24(4):345-50.
The enterocolitis here described does not correspond to an eosinophilic gastroenteritis, nor to other known inflammatory bowel diseases and to our knowledge has not been reported previously.