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Case Reports
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Initially Diagnosed as Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis.
- Ayako Itawaki, Mayumi Okada, Kousaku Kawashima, Eiko Okimoto, Hiroki Sonoyama, Yoshiyuki Mishima, Naoki Oshima, Norihisa Ishimura, Mayuko Moriyama, Yohko Murakawa, Asuka Araki, Noriyoshi Ishikawa, Riruke Maruyama, Shunji Ishihara, and Yoshikazu Kinoshita.
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
- Intern. Med. 2020 Apr 15; 59 (8): 1029-1033.
AbstractWe herein report two cases of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) initially diagnosed as eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) based solely on endoscopic biopsy results. One year after the EGE diagnosis, one patient presented with multiple purpura, and skin biopsy findings resulted in a change of the diagnosis to EGPA. In another patient, multiple skin and colonic ulcerations emerged eight years after the diagnosis of EGE, at which time histological examinations of endoscopic biopsy specimens revealed vasculitis, and the diagnosis was changed to EGPA. Physicians should be aware of the possible existence of EGPA in cases diagnosed as EGE.
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