AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA AND EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS

Abstract

A 34 yr old patient with diffuse eosinophilic gastroenteritis in connection with agammaglobulinemia and B cell defect is reported. The syndrome was manifested by malabsorption, and gastrointestinal protein loss, complicated by temporary pyloric obstruction and duodenal ulceration. As in the case of sprue-like small intestinal mucosa changes, and nodular lymphoid hyperplasia, this diffuse eosinophilic gastroenteritis may be a reaction of the stomach and small intestine to immunological abnormalities.