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.

Small intestinal perforation

A hole (perforation) in the wall of the small intestine.


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PMID (PMCID)
26841092
 OTHER
Eosinophilic enteritis due to cow's milk allergy: Possible cause of anastomosis failure following repair of focal intestinal perforation.
Yokoyama S, Sekioka A, Utsunomiya H, Yokoyama K, Ikeda Y, Hara S, Yoshida A.
Pediatr Int. 2016;58(6):493-496.
Here, we report the case of a newborn infant who developed CMA following repair of focal small intestinal perforation, in which eosinophilic enteritis was suspected to be a possible cause of anastomosis leakage.
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Perforation of the small intestine due to eosinophilic gastroenteritis.
Felt-Bersma RJ, Meuwissen SG, van Velzen D.
Am J Gastroenterol. 1984;79(6):442-5.
Small intestinal perforation due to transmural bowel wall involvement in eosinophilic gastroenteritis has to our knowledge not been described previously.