Case of eosinophilic granulomatous enterocolitis caused by Strongyloides stercoralis infection with marked hypoalbuminemia and ascites

• Main Authors: Ukarapol N., Lertprasertsuk N., Pongprot Y., Sittiwangkul R., Wongsawasdi L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-3242816282&partnerID=40&md5=34311f7af40bd77c0fae2b84aeff5aa9; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/4031
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

We report a 10-year-old boy presenting with generalized pitting edema, ascites, abdominal pain, and chronic mucous diarrhea for 4 weeks. He had underlying diseases of hemoglobin E and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and had been treated with immunosuppressive agents for a long period of time, includin...