Author(s)

Ibrahima Diallo¹, Mouhamadou Ndiaye², Abdoul Sow¹, Awa Ndao Fall², Omar Touré¹, Cheikh Abdoukhadre Fall², Bineta Ndiaye¹, Fatou Fall¹, Sara Boury Gning²

¹Departement of Internal Medicine and Hepatogastroenterology, Hôpital Principal de Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal.
²Internal Medicine Department, Hôpital Principal de Dakar, Sénégal.

The aetiologies of hypereosinophilia are dominated by digestive parasitosis and drug intake. In the tropics, because of the frequency of parasitosis, eosinophilic digestive pathologies of primary origin, which are rare, may be overlooked. We report 6 cases of eosinophilic gastroenteritis with polymorphic digestive manifestations testifying to the different locations of eosinophilic infiltration in the digestive parietal layer. Three patients had ascites rich in eosinophils, indicative of serous involvement, while the other two had a muscular form, and the last a mucosal involvement. The evolution was favourable in all cases with corticosteroid therapy, but a recurrence was noted in 4 cases when treatment was stopped.

Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis, Ascites, Digestive Eosinophilic Infiltration, Senegal

Diallo, I. , Ndiaye, M. , Sow, A. , Fall, A. , Touré, O. , Fall, C. , Ndiaye, B. , Fall, F. and Gning, S. (2022) Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis in Tropical Area: about 6 Cases from Senegal. Open Journal of Gastroenterology, 12, 204-211. doi: 10.4236/ojgas.2022.128021.