%0 Journal Article
%T Gastritis eosinof¨ªlica: a prop¨®sito de un caso
%A Madro£¿al Mart¨ªn
%A N.
%A Gil Sanz
%A E.
%J Medifam
%D 2003
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4321/S1131-57682003000200008
%X eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare disease in which there is a variable infiltration of the gastrointestinal tract by mature eosinophils, peripheral eosinophilia is found in 70-80% of cases. the most common symptoms are nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, abdominal fullness and weakness. we report the case of 50-year-old man with acute epigastric pain and vomiting. the peripheral-blood eosinophil count was high. the pathological diagnosis after endoscopic examination was eosinophilic gastritis. the patient remains asymptomatic after oral steroids therapy.
%K eosinophilic gastritis
%K epigastric pain
%K primary health care
%K periferic eosinophilia.
%U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1131-57682003000200008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en