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ArticleACG case reports journal2024

Pinworm Infection Misdiagnosed With Primary Eosinophilic Colitis. A Case Series.

Carlo Maria Rossi, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Antonio Lo Bello, Stefania Merli, Alessandro Vanoli, Andrea Anderloni, Antonio Di Sabatino

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Article in ACG case reports journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2026
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  2. Pinworm (Frontiers in public health · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Carlo Maria RossiDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1314-361X
Marco Vincenzo LentiDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Antonio Lo BelloDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Stefania MerliFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Alessandro VanoliAnatomic Pathology Unit, IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Andrea AnderloniGastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Antonio Di SabatinoDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parasitic infections make it difficult to establish a diagnosis of primary eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGID), may even co-occur with inflammatory bowel disease and complicate the management of patients treated with immunosuppressants. Yet, pinworm infection is often ignored as a cause of mucosal eosinophilia. We described 3 cases where pinworm infection was initially misdiagnosed as primary EGID. No current guideline is available for EGID in adult patients, while for patients with inflammatory bowel disease, parasitic infection screening is recommended only in some subset of patients. A more comprehensive and precise recommendation regarding the parasitic species to consider and the diagnostic tests to order is currently lacking.

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eosinophilgutparasiteworm

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PMID39493954
PMCPMC11530421

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