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Eosinophilic gastroenteritis mimicking pancreatic cancer
V Christopher1, M H Thompson, S Hughes
1Department of Gastrointestinal Medicine and Surgery, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK.
Postgraduate Medical Journal
|August 20, 2002
Abstract:
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a condition characterised by eosinophilic infiltration of the gastrointestinal tract. Biliary obstruction is an unusual presentation. A case where the initial investigations were consistent with carcinoma of the head of pancreas but the resection specimen showed no malignancy is presented. The diagnosis was suspected from a review of the patient's past history and confirmed by re-examination of the histology.