J Korean Med Sci.  1995 Jun;10(3):216-219. 10.3346/jkms.1995.10.3.216.

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis associated with food allergy and bronchial asthma

• Park HS
• Kim HS
• Jang HJ

• KMID: 1054348
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.1995.10.3.216

Abstract

I n some patients, eosinophilic gastroenteritis(EG) occurs in those with food allergy. We experienced a non-atopic asthmatic who had an EG associated with food allergy to fish and eggs, and blood eosinophilia. A skin prick test and RAST to causative food allergens showed a negative result. A fiber-optic endoscopic biopsy from the gastric mucosa showed an intense eosinophilic infiltration. We could find symptomatic improvement and a disappearance of eosinophilic infiltration in gastric mucosa after complete avoidance from the causative food and oral cortcosteroid. It was suggested that fiber-optic endoscopic biopsy might be needed to identify coexisting EG if an allergic patient with blood eosinophilia complains of severe gastrointestinal symptoms.

Keyword

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis; Food allergy; Bronchial asthma

MeSH Terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones/therapeutic use
Asthma/*complications/drug therapy
Case Report
Endoscopy
Eosinophilia/*complications
Food Hypersensitivity/*complications
Gastric Mucosa/pathology
Gastroenteritis/*complications/diagnosis/pathology
Human
Male
Middle Age