RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Ascites and eosinophilic colitis in a young patient
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1983
OP 1985
VO 26
IS 12
A1 Yassin, Mohammed A.
A1 Khan, Fahmi Y.
A1 Al-Ani, Ahmed
A1 Fawzy, Zeinab
A1 Al-Bozom, Issam A.
YR 2005
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/26/12/1983.abstract
AB A 32-year-old man presented with 3-weeks history of abdominal pain and distention. Physical examination showed ascites, with no stigmata of chronic liver disease. Cytological preparations from the ascitic fluid showed a heavy population of mature eosinophils. Histological examination of colonic biopsies revealed a heavy expansion of the mucosa by sheaths of eosinophils. On the following days, the peripheral eosinophilia, ascites and abdominal pain resolved spontaneously.