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Upper gastrointestinal barium contrast study demonstrating extrinsic luminal narrowing of the proximal jejunum.
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A barium contrast study of the small bowel suggested a segment of narrowing in the proximal jejunum (Figure 1).
Computed tomogram of the abdomen with oral and intravenous contrast showing a thickened loop of proximal small bowel.
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Computed tomography of the abdomen with oral and intravenous contrast demonstrated marked thickening of a loop of proximal small bowel (Figure 2).
Photomicrograph (Hematoxylin and Eosin stain, magnification 320X) of biopsied jejunal wall with a dense subserosal infiltration of eosinophils and a normal muscularis.
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Dense eosinophilic infiltration of the bowel serosa with normal histological mucosa was seen (Figure 3).