Eosinophilic enteritis caused chronic partial small intestinal obstruction: a case report and review of the literature

This is the case-report of a rare cause of chronic small intestinal obstruction by eosinophilic enteritis. A 53-year-old woman presented with an 8-month history of severe intermittent abdominal colick associated with malnutrition, weight loss, and bowel habit change. Several investigations were done...

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Main Authors: Yamada S., Chakrabandhu T., Lertprasertsuke N.
Format: Case Reports
Language:English
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502482
http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3297
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-32972014-08-30T02:25:58Z Eosinophilic enteritis caused chronic partial small intestinal obstruction: a case report and review of the literature Yamada S. Chakrabandhu T. Lertprasertsuke N. This is the case-report of a rare cause of chronic small intestinal obstruction by eosinophilic enteritis. A 53-year-old woman presented with an 8-month history of severe intermittent abdominal colick associated with malnutrition, weight loss, and bowel habit change. Several investigations were done but failed to demonstrate the cause. Exploratory laparotomy was therefore performed and the cause of partial small bowel obstruction was found to be eosinophilic enteritis. 2014-08-30T02:25:58Z 2014-08-30T02:25:58Z 2000 Case Reports 0125-2208 10998852 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502482 http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3297 eng
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description This is the case-report of a rare cause of chronic small intestinal obstruction by eosinophilic enteritis. A 53-year-old woman presented with an 8-month history of severe intermittent abdominal colick associated with malnutrition, weight loss, and bowel habit change. Several investigations were done but failed to demonstrate the cause. Exploratory laparotomy was therefore performed and the cause of partial small bowel obstruction was found to be eosinophilic enteritis.
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author Yamada S.
Chakrabandhu T.
Lertprasertsuke N.
spellingShingle Yamada S.
Chakrabandhu T.
Lertprasertsuke N.
Eosinophilic enteritis caused chronic partial small intestinal obstruction: a case report and review of the literature
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Chakrabandhu T.
Lertprasertsuke N.
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title Eosinophilic enteritis caused chronic partial small intestinal obstruction: a case report and review of the literature
title_short Eosinophilic enteritis caused chronic partial small intestinal obstruction: a case report and review of the literature
title_full Eosinophilic enteritis caused chronic partial small intestinal obstruction: a case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Eosinophilic enteritis caused chronic partial small intestinal obstruction: a case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Eosinophilic enteritis caused chronic partial small intestinal obstruction: a case report and review of the literature
title_sort eosinophilic enteritis caused chronic partial small intestinal obstruction: a case report and review of the literature
publishDate 2014
url http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502482
http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3297
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