Year 2004 / Volume 96 / Number 4
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Intestinal obstruction by eosinophilic jejunitis

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J. M. Álamo Martínez, F. Ibáñez Delgado, A. Galindo Galindo, C. Bernal Bellido, I. Durán Ferreras G. Suárez Artacho and A. Martínez Vieira

Abstract
Eosinophilic enteritis is an uncommon disease that rarely develops as a surgical emergency. Although it may be associated with infestation by Ancylostoma caninum, its etiology is unknown and often related to a personal or family history of atopy. A
transmural involvement may cause intestinal obstruction –more frequently in the jejunum– or even acute abdomen, which may or may not be accompanied by intestinal perforation. The latter two
conditions tend to be more commonly associated with ileum disease, causing pain in the lower right quadrant of the abdomen. Patient history, eosinophil count –which may be paradoxically reduced
when the disease appears in this way–, ultrasonography, and/or CT lead to the suspicion of this condition before a surgical procedure is considered. A definitive diagnosis, however, must be
reached by means of an anatomopathological study. Macroscopically, intestinal loops exhibit a thickened appearance with an elastic consistency. Laparoscopic intestinal biopsy may play a major role in the diagnosis of disease.
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J. M. Álamo Martínez, F. Ibáñez Delgado, A. Galindo Galindo, C. Bernal Bellido, I. Durán Ferreras G. Suárez Artacho and A. Martínez Vieira. Intestinal obstruction by eosinophilic jejunitis . 0


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