Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare gastrointestinal disorder characterized by nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms, peripheral eosinophilia, and eosinophilic infiltration of the intestinal wall. The disorder is classified into mucosal, muscular, and subserosal types, depending on the depth of eosinophilic infiltration within the gastrointestinal wall, and the clinical picture varies accord...

BACKGROUND Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG) is rare and is characterized by recurrent eosinophilic infiltration of the gastrointestinal tract and chronic diarrhea. In this report we present a case of EG with acute pancreatitis and deep vein thrombosis (DVT). CASE PRESENTATION A 30 years old male was admitted to our hospital with the complaints of epigastric pain, vomitting and swelling of hi...

EGED is a rare entity; it should be kept in mind in patient of unexplained abdominal symptoms. Any age group and any part of GI tract can be involved. Eosinophillia may be absent in the peripheral smear and biopsy may be negative in up to 10% of the cases. Here we are reporting a 40 years old male who presented to us with eosinophilic ascites, a rare presentation of serosal variant of eosinophi...

Introduction Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is an uncommon disease characterized by peripheral eosinophilia and eosinophilic infiltration of the gastrointestinal tract. The bone marrow shows a reactive eosinophilia and the symptoms and signs usually reflect the layer of bowel which is most severely affected. Predominant mucosal disease may be associated with malabsorption, muscle disease with obs...

We describe an isolated eosinophilic pyloric stenosis in a young female. She was referred for abdominal pain, fever, weight loss and eosinophilia. A sonographic examination revealed a concentric pyloric stenosis, with antral palsy and ascites. The endoscopy confirmed the diagnosis of eosinophilic infiltration of the pylorum. After a short course of systemic steroids, the patient was switched to...

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is an uncommon disease of unknown etiology reported in both adult and pediatric age group. Here we report a case of a 46-year-old HIV positive female who presented to us with ascites and abdominal distension with peripheral eosinophilia and diagnosed as EGE.