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Case report: The diagnostic dilemma created by non-infectious diffuse abdominal pain and hypereosinophilia in a teenage boy.

Kylan A Nelson, Jamie Nong, Kevin Murray, Arnold C Merrow, Selena Hariharan

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Kylan A NelsonDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0224-3540
Jamie NongDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Kevin MurrayDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Arnold C MerrowDivision of Emergency and Critical Care Imaging, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH, USA.
Selena HariharanDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA.

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Abstract

When abdominal pain presents with peripheral eosinophilia, allergic and infectious causes should be considered. However, diagnostic dilemmas are frequent when symptoms do not match expected patterns of common etiologies. In this report, we present the case of a 13-year-old male who presented with diffuse abdominal pain and peripheral eosinophilia. Though the initial assessment suggested an infectious cause, the infectious workup was negative. A broad workup, including imaging, laboratory studies, and endoscopy, was performed. Targeted endoscopic biopsies revealed extensive eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease as the underlying pathophysiologic cause. A broad differential and extensive workup is often crucial for accurate diagnosis of abdominal pain with hypereosinophilia.

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allergy/immunologyEGIDeosinophiliaeosinophilic gastrointestinal diseasegastroenterology/hepatologyinfectious disease

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PMID41424734
PMCPMC12715169

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