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Many people have asked me for more information on eosinophilic
gastroenteritis.

The web has 900 to 2000+ sites relating to this topic, depending on
the search engine I use, and after the first 10-20 sites,
their relevance almost vanishes. Most sites merely mention it by
name. These sites were the most informative
(I still haven't finished reading the second one), and most also
discuss CD, or have links to that topic:

http://www.icondata.com/health/pedbase/files/EOSINOPH.HTM

http://www.nutramed.com/zeno/hypersens1.htm

http://www.path.med.umich.edu/users/greenson/gicasesmonth.html

These two sites have such brief entries that I copied them in full.
You may still want to explore their other pages:
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http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/00903.html
"eosinophilic gastroenteritis
 eosinophilic infiltration of mucosa, submucosa, and muscularis of
small bowel +/- stomach

      - stomach (almost always limited to antrum):
          -- enlarged gastric rugae, cobblestone nodules, polyps (=mucosal type)
          -- rigid wall with narrowed antrum/pylorus
          -- bulky inramural mass up to 9 cm (=muscular type)
          -- "wet stomach"
          -- ulcers rare
          -- may have ascites

      - small bowel (predominantly jejunum)
          -- thickening + distortion of folds (=mucosal type)
          -- effacement of mucosa + narrowing of lumen (=muscular type)

      - prognosis: tendency to spontaneous remission
      - rx: steroids; removal of sensitizing agent
| CHORUS | Yong H. Hahn, MD 01/04/92 | Comment | "
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http://www.njnet.com/~embbs/ccc/case4-dx.html
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Case Four

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis. The patient had a colonoscopy performed
with mucosal biopsy which revealed an eosinophilic infiltrate. He
was started on prednisone with marked improvement of his symptoms.

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare disease of unknown etiology.
It's rarest form also includes ascites as seen in this patient.
Presentations typically include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting,
diarrhea, and protein losing enteropathy.  It is also characterized by
a marked peripheral eosinophilia.  The treatment is steroid therapy."

This weekend I will hit a library, too. Happy surfing and good
health!
Bobbi in Baltimore