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[A case of eosinophilic gastroenteritis accompanied with fasciitis of the extremities]
Tomoharu Matsuura1, Mihoko Yamade, Naoya Matsushita
1First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan. ikuma@hama-med.ac.jp
Abstract:
We encountered a very rare case of eosinophilic gastroenteritis accompanied with fasciitis of the extremities. The patient was a 28-year-old woman with epigastralgia, eosinophilia plus leukocytosis, massive pleural effusion and ascites, and thickening of the walls of the intestine. Increase of the eosinophilic fraction in her ascites led to a diagnosis of eosinophilic gastroenteritis. She soon developed resting pain in all limbs and MRI revealed fasciitis. Prednisolone was effective in treating both gastroenteritis and fasciitis.
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