P-084: Eosinophilic gastroenteropathy – from diet to colectomy

Does bee pollen cause to eosinophilic gastroenteropathy?

Bee pollen is given to children by mothers in order to strengthen their immune systems. There are no studies related with the side effects of bee polen in the literature. In this article, the literature was reviewed by presenting a case of allergic eosinophilic gastropathy related with bee polen. A 5-year old child was admitted due to abdominal pain. Edema was detected on the eyelids and pretib...

[Eosinophilic gastroenteropathy: a pediatric series].

Eosinophilic gastroenteropathy (EoG) is an uncommon disease characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the gastrointestinal (GI) mucosa. A chart review was performed searching for patients diagnosed between 2000 and 2010. EoG was diagnosed based on mucosal infiltration of 20 or more eosinophils/HPF in upper GI tract and more than 60 eosinophils/HPF in lower GI tract. Ten patients [median age...

[Eosinophilic gastroenteropathy and digestive obstruction].

Unusual endoscopic presentation of eosinophilic gastroenteropathy

An 11-year-old boy with extensive food and environmental allergies, and poorly controlled eosinophilic gastroenteropathy (EG) over an 8-year period was evaluated as a referral patient. At presentation, he was hypogammaglobulinemic and was being managed with allergy test-directed food avoidance, oral proton pump inhibitors therapy, iron supplementation, second generation antihistaminic and subcu...

Bilateral Corneal Ulceration Caused by Vitamin A Deficiency in Eosinophilic Gastroenteropathy

PURPOSE Vitamin A deficiency is a very rare condition in the developed world and can lead to a variety of ocular changes from xerosis and xerophthalmia to corneal ulcer and perforation. The treatment of this devastating disease is simple and inexpensive. It is therefore important to recognize and treat accordingly, especially in the event of ulcers unresponsive to treatment or in the presence o...