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Contrast-enhanced spiral CT revealing ascites and concentric thickening of colon and ileum.
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Abdominal ultrasound and computed tomography showed ubiquitous ascites and thickening of the wall of the lower oesophagus, stomach and bowel (Fig. 1).
Endoscopic biopsy of ileum showing distinct eosinophilic infiltration (haematoxylin and eosin x100).
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Remarkably biopsies from oesophagus, stomach, ileum and colon yielded distinct eosinophilic infiltrations reaching the lamina propria which finally lead to the diagnosis of a primary eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorder (Fig. 2).