Symptomatic eosinophilic gastritis cured with Helicobacter pylori eradication
| Autor: | C Tzathas, Spiros D. Ladas, Dimitrios Polymeros, Angelos A. Papadopoulos |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Past medical history Letter biology business.industry Nausea Gastroenterology Helicobacter pylori medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Thrombocytopenic purpura Intestinal mucosa Internal medicine Eosinophilic gastroenteritis medicine Vomiting Eosinophilia medicine.symptom business |
| Popis: | Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a disorder of unknown aetiology, characterised by eosinophilic infiltration of the gastric and intestinal mucosa and peripheral eosinophilia. To date, only two cases have reported the coexistence of Helicobacter pylori gastritis and eosinophilic gastroenteritis. In none of these cases was a causal association between these two entities documented.1,2 We present a case of eosinophilic gastritis cured with H pylori eradication therapy. A 44 year old woman presented with a two month history of vomiting, nausea, and crampy abdominal pain. Her past medical history included idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, splenectomy at the age of 11 years, hyperlipidaemia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, and depression. Her medication included valsartan, atenolol, … |
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