Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• C. I. T. L. TAN, Adriaan
• KRUIMEL, Johanna W
• H. J. NABER, Ton

Titel

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis treated with non-enteric-coated budesonide tablets

Ist Teil von

• European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, 2001-04, Vol.13 (4), p.425-427

Ort / Verlag

Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A patient who presented with upper abdominal pain, nausea and ascites together with peripheral eosinophilia is described. Based on a surgical full-thickness biopsy of the antrum, the diagnosis of eosinophilic gastroenteritis was made. Treatment with prednisone resulted in a clinical response, but the prednisone dose could not be lowered below 5 mg. We preferred to treat the patient with corticosteroids with minimal systemic side effects. As there was gastric involvement, we could not give enteric-coated budesonide capsules. Therefore, we treated the patient with budesonide tablets, which were designed originally for use as a clysma but now are given orally. With this treatment regimen, the patient has been in remission for more than 2 years.