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.

Mononeuropathy

A focal lesion of a single peripheral nerve. Damage to a sensory nerve is accompanied by sensory impairment of all modalities in the affected anatomic distribution.

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PMID (PMCID)
6096051	FEMALE	Adult
	The hypereosinophilic syndrome.
	Purdie GH, Kotasek D, Rischbieth RH. Clin Exp Neurol. 1983;19:60-6.
	A case is described of a young woman who presented with asthma, mononeuropathy multiplex and eosinophilia and subsequently developed eosinophilic gastroenteritis, vasculitis and probable myocarditis.