Eosinophilic gastroenteritis, an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, commonly involves the stomach and small intestine with eosinophilic infiltration. Here, we report an unusual case of eosinophilic gastroenteritis involving the entire digestive tract as a manifestation of hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES). A 22-year-old woman presented to us with diarrhoea, pleural effusion, ascites and

Dear Editor, Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG) is a rare infl ammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract of unknown aetiology. It is characterised by eosinophilic infi ltration of the bowel wall, peripheral eosinophilia and various gastrointestinal manifestations. We report CT appearances in a rare case of EG with duodenal obstruction, peripheral eosinophilia and eosinophilic ascites, whic...

BACKGROUND. Although peritonitis is commonly caused by microorganism, eosinophilic peritonitis was reportedly in 1980s. Whether eosinophilic peritonitis has significant effect on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD ) patients remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the prevalence and clinical presentations of eosinophilic peritonitis in CAPD patients with first episode of pe...

Smoking of crystalline cocaine, known as "crack" cocaine, has been associated with eosinophilic pneumonitis, but not with pleural effusions. We describe a patient with eosinophilic pneumonitis with an eosinophilic "empyema" after using "crack" cocaine. The illness resolved with corticosteroids. We hypothesised that his effusion would have increased levels of eosinophil cytokines that promote oe...

Refractile eosinophilic granular cells, when present in abundance in a glioma, may trigger a diagnosis of the relatively familiar and inherently malignant 'granular cell astrocytoma'. The following two cases remind us that refractile eosinophilic granular cells are not unique to granular cell astrocytoma but can also dominate the histology of oligodendroglioma confirmed by 1p19q loss, and the i...

OBJECTIVE Examine treatment adherence rates in pediatric eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGID). METHODS Participants were children aged 2.5-18 years with eosinophilic esophagitis or eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) and their caregivers. A multimethod, multi-informant assessment including parent report and electronic monitoring was utilized, with a 90% cut point for nonadherence. ...

Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGID) are characterized pathologically by excess eosinophils in mucosal biopsies of one or multiple sites in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, simultaneously or sequentially. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is the best characterized EGID, and in most patients it is an abnormal immune-mediated response to food antigens. Current recommendations for diagnosis...

Although the literature well describes chronic eosinophilic pneumonia in the adult, there are no reports of this entity in the pediatric age group. We describe a child with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia, emphasizing the specific radiologic features, common conditions in the differential diagnosis, and dramatic response in corticosteroid administration, which is a unique feature of this entity.

We report on a 65-year-old woman with typical clinicopathologic features of eosinophilic fasciitis (Shulman syndrome) who suffered from lower limb ischemia and abdominal aorta aneurysm. Physical examination, laboratory data and histopathologic findings confirmed the diagnosis of eosinophilic fasciitis. The patient underwent aorto-bifemoral vascular prosthesis implantation. Tissue reactions asso...

Thrombocytosis has not yet been described in chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. A typical patient with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia is described. The patient's thrombocyte count was up to 900,000 per cu mm, which returned to normal under steroid therapy. Thrombocytosis may be associated with chronic inflammation and should not require further investigations such as lung biopsy, in an otherwise u...