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eosinophilic colitis
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Primary Colonic Eosinophilia
Definition: Eosinophilic colitis is an inflammatory condition characterized by infiltration of the colonic wall by eosinophils with submucosal oedema.
Involvement of caecum, appendix, ascending colon and the omentum by the inflammatory process could mimic a right iliac fossa neoplasm. Eosinophilic colitis is rare and could mimic a right iliac neoplasm if it is right-sided.
Etiology
allergic colitis
parasitic colitis
- Enterobius vermicularis colitis
- Strongyloides stercoralis colitis
drug-induced eosinophilic colitis
hypereosinophilic syndrome (3432177)
idiopathic eosinophilic colitis
Associations
allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (12894856)
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (12858845)
Variants
neonatal eosinophilic colitis (7062205)
Differential diagnosis
39% to 57% of eosinophilic granulocytes in Crohn’s disease (12812315)
3.3% to 9% of eosinophilic granulocytes in ulcerative colitis (12812315)
Variants
neonatal eosinophilic colitis
Associations
perianal disease
Paywall Refrerences
Primary Colonic Eosinophilia and Eosinophilic Colitis in Adults. Turner KO, Sinkre RA, Neumann WL, Genta RM. Am J Surg Pathol. 2016 Oct 27. PMID: 27792062
Eosinophilic colitis presenting as a right iliac fossa mass—a case report. Badmos KB, Sabageh D, Ojo OS, Balogun OS. West Afr J Med. 2008 Jul;27(3):175-7. PMID: 19256325
Persic M, Stimac T, Stimac D, Kovac D. Eosinophilic colitis: a rare entity. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2001 Mar;32(3):325-6. PMID: 11345185