eosinophilic gastroenteritis as a rare cause of recurrent epigastric pain

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mohammad taghi safari gastroenterology and liver diseases research center, research institute for gastroenterology and liver diseases, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

shabnam shahrokh gastroenterology and liver diseases research center, research institute for gastroenterology and liver diseases, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

mohammad bagher miri gastroenterology and liver diseases research center, research institute for gastroenterology and liver diseases, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

mohammad javad ehsani ardakani gastroenterology and liver diseases research center, research institute for gastroenterology and liver diseases, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

abstract

eosinophilic gastroenteritis (ege) is a rare inflammatory disorder of gastrointestinal tract characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the bowel wall. it can mimic many gastrointestinal disorders due to its wide spectrum of presentations. diagnose is mostly based on excluding other disorders and a high suspicion. here we report a case of 26 year old man with a history of sever epigastric pain followed by nausea, vomiting since a few days before admission with final diagnosis of ege.

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