Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and gastroenteritis are allergic gastrointestinal diseases mainly caused by food allergens. The number of patients with EoE is rapidly increasing in both Western and Asian countries. Basic knowledge of these diseases has mainly come from studies of EoE and Th2 type allergic reactions, including IL-5, IL-13, and IL-15, thymic stromal protein, and eotaxin 3, which a...

We report a case of a 49-year-old male patient with abdominal distension and diffuse stomach cramps associated with peripheral eosinophilia. Treatment for eosinophilic parasitosis was not effective. After a few weeks, the patient developed acute obstructive abdomen with ascites, which was atypically improved with the use of antispasmodics and analgesics. Upper digestive endoscopy, colonoscopy a...

A 37-year-old woman presented to our hospital complaining of epigastric pain and diarrhea. A laboratory examination showed a high white blood cell count of 9,870/μL (eosinophils, 37.8%). Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed edematous gastric mucosa and red streaking in the gastric corpus (Picture 1). There were no signs of atrophic change. Biopsy samples were obtained from the red streaking. Eos...

Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis is a rare disease characterized by infiltration of the gastrointestinal tract by an increased number of eosinophils as compared to the normal. The anatomic location and intensity of the infiltrate decides the varied clinical symptomatology with which these patients present. The present report deals with four cases, all presenting with clinical signs of intestinal ob...

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare inflammatory disease, defined by infiltration of eosinophils in gastrointestinal (GI) tract, but the etiology of this disorder is unknown. Depends on the involvement region of Eosinophilic gastroenteritis, GI symptoms are variable including abdominal pain, malabsorption, gastric and duodenal ulcer. Due to its non-specific symptoms, the diagnosis is based o...

Membranous nephropathy represents the most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in adult patients. In 85% of cases the disease is classified as idiopathic membranous nephropathy, and in the remainder 15 % as secondary membranous nephropathy (systemic lupus erythematosus, infections, drugs, tumors, inorganics salts). Treatment of secondary membranous nephropathy is guided by therapy of the origina...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) and eosinophilic colitis (ECO) are two forms of chronic inflammatory disorders of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by eosinophil accumulation in the mucosa or in deeper layers of the gastrointestinal wall and associated with atopic disease. The eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases broadened the spectrum of atopic gastrointestinal di...