EOSINOPHILIC GASTROJEJUNITIS ASSOCIATED WITH CONNECTIVE-TISSUE DISEASE

Authors
BUCHMAN AL WOLF D GRAMLICH T
Citation
Al. Buchman et al., EOSINOPHILIC GASTROJEJUNITIS ASSOCIATED WITH CONNECTIVE-TISSUE DISEASE, Southern medical journal, 89(3), 1996, pp. 327-330
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Southern medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00384348
Volume
89
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
327 - 330
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4348(1996)89:3<327:EGAWCD>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We report a case of eosinophilic enteritis associated with an ill-defi ned connective tissue disorder. The case was complicated by intestinal perforation and managed successfully without surgical intervention. N o peripheral blood eosinophilia was present. Histologic examination of an intestinal biopsy revealed bands of eosinophils and mast cells at the base of the crypts with limited chronic inflammatory cell infiltra te.