Kumar B V, Martis JJS, Mathias SG, Kamath P, Shetty V. Rare case of ileal perforation.
J Clin Diagn Res 2013;
7:1463-5. [PMID:
23998095 DOI:
10.7860/jcdr/2013/5227.3157]
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Abstract
Ileitis, or inflammation of the ileum, is often caused by Crohn's disease. However, ileitis may be caused by a wide variety of other diseases. These include infectious diseases, spondyloarthropathies, vasculitides, ischemia, neoplasms, medication-induced, eosinophilic enteritis, and others. Eosinophilic enteritis can present as abdominal pain, protein loosing enteropathy, ulcers, intestinal obstruction, intussusception and perforation.Bowel perforation is an uncommon presentation of eosinophilic enteritis. We report a rare case of ileal perforation due to eosinophilic enteritis in a 57 years old female.
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