Eosinophilic myenteric ganglionitis as a cause of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction

Virchows Arch. 2012 Jan;460(1):123-7. doi: 10.1007/s00428-011-1183-x. Epub 2011 Dec 16.

Authors

Ariadne H A G Ooms¹, Joanne Verheij, Jessie M Hulst, John Vlot, Cynthia van der Starre, Lissy de Ridder, Ronald R de Krijger

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Josephine Nefkens Institute, Erasmus MC-University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. a.ooms@erasmusmc.nl

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Beclomethasone
Chronic Disease
Colectomy
Comorbidity
Enteral Nutrition
Eosinophilia / complications*
Eosinophilia / drug therapy
Eosinophilia / epidemiology*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant
Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / etiology*
Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / surgery
Male
Myenteric Plexus*
Neuritis / complications*
Neuritis / drug therapy
Neuritis / epidemiology*
Prednisone / toxicity
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Beclomethasone
Prednisone