PMID- 23061710
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130423
LR  - 20220317
IS  - 1747-4132 (Electronic)
IS  - 1747-4124 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 5
DP  - 2012 Sep
TI  - Eosinophilic gastroenteritis: an update.
PG  - 591-601
LID - 10.1586/egh.12.42 [doi]
AB  - Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is characterized by dense eosinophilic 
      inflammation of one or several digestive tract sections. The symptoms include 
      abdominal pain, weight loss, vomiting and diarrhea. Biopsy samples taken during 
      endoscopic examination allows the diagnosis of the disease. An infiltration of 
      >30 eosinophils per high-power field in at least five high-power fields, 
      exhibiting signs of eosinophilic degranulation and extending to the muscularis 
      mucosa or submucosa are all histological indications of EGE. EGE is traditionally 
      classified into three forms depending on the depth of inflammation in the wall 
      (mucosal, muscular or serosal). This, together with the digestive tract segments 
      involved, determines the clinical presentation. The natural history of EGE 
      includes three different evolutionary patterns, since patients may suffer a 
      single outbreak, a recurrent course or even chronic disease. Corticosteroids are 
      the most frequently used therapy for EGE; dietary treatments should be also 
      considered. Surgery has been limited to solving obstruction and small bowel 
      perforation.
FAU - Lucendo, Alfredo J
AU  - Lucendo AJ
AD  - Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital General de Tomelloso, Tomelloso, Ciudad 
      Real, Spain. alucendo@vodafone.es
FAU - Arias, Angel
AU  - Arias A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - England
TA  - Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol
JT  - Expert review of gastroenterology & hepatology
JID - 101278199
RN  - Eosinophilic enteropathy
SB  - IM
MH  - Enteritis/complications/epidemiology/*physiopathology/therapy
MH  - Eosinophilia/complications/epidemiology/*physiopathology/therapy
MH  - Gastritis/complications/epidemiology/*physiopathology/therapy
MH  - Humans
EDAT- 2012/10/16 06:00
MHDA- 2013/04/24 06:00
CRDT- 2012/10/16 06:00
PHST- 2012/10/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/10/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/04/24 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1586/egh.12.42 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Sep;6(5):591-601. doi: 10.1586/egh.12.42.