Eosinophilic gastroenteritis presenting as small bowel obstruction: A case report and review of the literature

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1758-1760

  Yun, Min Young ^a   Cho, Young Up ^a   Park, In Suh ^a   Choi, Sun Keun ^a   Kim, Sei Joong ^a   Shin, Seok Hwan ^a   Kim, Kyung Rae ^a  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis; Eosinophilic infiltration; Small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ILEUM RESECTION; INTESTINE WALL; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; VOMITING;

EID: 34248189224     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i11.1758     Document Type: Article

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