Eosinophilic enteritis causing intestinal obstruction
Journal Title: INNOVATIVE JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCE - Year 2016, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare disease of the Gastrointestinal tract,mimicking many other Gastrointestinal disorders due to wide spectrum of presentations.It is diagnosed by excluding other causes of eosinophilia,it runs a chronic relapsing course and can respond to low dose steroid therapy.This study demonstrates the occurrence of intestinal obstruction due to eosinophilic infiltration in the gastroenteral region.The intestinal obstruction due to eosinophilic gastroenteritis, is quite rare and diagnosis is by excluding other causes and by histology
Authors and Affiliations
K. M. Ganesh Babu,Ravindranath singh, Rajsekhar N,Nisith. K. Ray
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