1993 Volume 35 Issue 6 Pages 1341-1349_1
We reported two cases of eosinophilic gastroenteritis with eosinophilic infiltration in the whole gastrointestinal tract. The first case was a 63-year-old man, who complained of nausea, abdominal pain and watery diarrhea after cholecystectomy. The second case was a 14-year-old man who had suffered from bronchial asthma and was admitted with the chief complaints of abdominal pain and watery diarrhea. In both cases, laboratory findings revealed remarkable eosinophilia. Microscopic examination of the biopsied specimens taken from the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, upper jejunum and sigmoid colon showed eosinophilic infiltration. In the first case, pathological finding of the resected gallbladder also showed eosinophilic infiltration. Therefore, we diagnosed them as eosinophilic gastroenteritis. There have been no reports describing that eosinophilic infiltration was confirmed in the whole gastrointestinal tract in patients with eosinophilic gastroenteritis. Our cases suggest that this disease may usually involve the whole gastrointestinal tract.
