Fecal microbiota transplantation and prednisone for severe eosinophilic gastroenteritis.

ABSTRACT: Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare disease of unknown etiology. It is characterized by patchy or diffuse eosinophilic infiltration of the bowel wall to a variable depth and various gastrointestinal manifestations. We describe a case of severe eosinophilic gastroenteritis presenting as frequent bowel obstruction and diarrhea in a 35-year-old man. The patient was misdiagnosed and underwent surgery because of intestinal obstruction when he was first admitted to a local hospital. Then he was misdiagnosed as having Crohn's disease in another university teaching hospital. Finally, the patient asked for further treatment from our hospital because of the on-going clinical trial for treating refractory Crohn's disease by fecal microbiota transplantation. Physical examination revealed a slight d

SUBMITTER: Dai YX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4239532 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature