PMID: 29313586Jan 10, 2018Paper

Eosinophilic Ascites-Rarest Presentation of a Rare Disease, Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis

The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
Iqbal BagasarawalaHozefa Runderawala

Abstract

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is an uncommon disease of unknown etiology reported in both adult and pediatric age group. Here we report a case of a 46-year-old HIV positive female who presented to us with ascites and abdominal distension with peripheral eosinophilia and diagnosed as EGE.

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