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Case Reports
. 2010 Nov 12:2010:bcr0420102928.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.04.2010.2928.

A patient with oeosinophilic gastroenteritis and severe malnutrition improved with home parenteral nutrition

Lidia Santarpia  1 , Rosario Cuomo, Luigi Camera, Lucia Alfonsi, Franco Contaldo, Fabrizio Pasanisi
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A patient with oeosinophilic gastroenteritis and severe malnutrition improved with home parenteral nutrition

Lidia Santarpia et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

Oeosinophilic gastroenteritis is a chronic and rare disorder characterised by massive oeosinophilic tissue infiltration involving one or more segments of the digestive tract. The management of patients with oeosinophilic gastroenteritis is complex and the therapeutic response often poor. Here we discuss the clinical case and management of a 23-year-old man with oeosinophilic gastroenteritis since the first year of life and the decision to prescribe lifelong total parenteral nutrition.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Intestinal x-ray with gastrographyn through the nasogastric tube showing the contrast accumulation in the resected gastric cavity and afferent loop, with only a slow flow to the gastro-jejunostomy.
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