GASTROINTESTINAL INVOLVEMENT IN L-TRYPTOPHAN (L-TRP) ASSOCIATED EOSINOPHILIA-MYALGIA-SYNDROME (EMS)

被引:11
作者
DESCHRYVERKECSKEMETI, K [1 ]
BENNERT, KW [1 ]
COOPER, GS [1 ]
YANG, P [1 ]
机构
[1] CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT MED,CLEVELAND,OH 44106
关键词
L-TRYPTOPHAN; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; EOSINOPHILS; EOSINOPHILIA MYALGIA SYNDROME;
D O I
10.1007/BF01296424
中图分类号
R57 [消化系及腹部疾病];
学科分类号
摘要
We report a 45-year-old female who had symptomatic gastrointestinal involvement, eosinophils in the cellular infiltrate, and who proved to have l-tryptophan-associated eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome. This case illustrates that gastrointestinal disease can be a major, seemingly primary clinical presentation in this syndrome, and that a drug history, specifically l-tryptophan, needs to be included in the differential diagnosis of "eosinophilic gastroenteritis." © 1992 Plenum Publishing Corporation.
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