Eosinophilic gastroenteritis with appendix involvement: Role of intestinal ultrasound

Roberto Bertè; Pietro Soru; Maurizio Vecchi; Mirella Fraquelli

doi:10.3390/app9061037

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis with appendix involvement: Role of intestinal ultrasound

Roberto Bertè, Pietro Soru, Maurizio Vecchi, Mirella Fraquelli

Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda- Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

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Abstract

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG) is a rare condition characterized by patchy eosinophilic inflammation of one or more layers of the gastrointestinal tract with no secondary causes of eosinophilia. EG is a treatable disease and, generally, patients show a positive response to steroid therapy. Sometimes the disease can present as acute abdomen, and appendicular involvement has seldom been described in the course of EG. In our case report we aimed to emphasize how useful gastrointestinal ultrasound is as a valuable tool for diagnosing and monitoring intestinal involvement during EG, avoiding invasive tests and unnecessary surgery.

Original language	English
Article number	1037
Journal	Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
Volume	9
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/app9061037
Publication status	Published - Jan 1 2019

Keywords

Appendicular involvement
Bowel ultrasound
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Materials Science(all)
Instrumentation
Engineering(all)
Process Chemistry and Technology
Computer Science Applications
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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