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case_images: Contrast-enhanced spiral CT revealing ascites and concentric thickening of colon and ileum.
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case_images: Abdominal ultrasound and computed tomography showed ubiquitous ascites and thickening of the wall of the lower oesophagus, stomach and bowel (Fig. 1).
case_images: Endoscopic biopsy of ileum showing distinct eosinophilic infiltration (haematoxylin and eosin x100).
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case_images: 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).