ASSOCIATION OF PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHY CAUSED BY EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS WITH ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTOSIS: CASE REPORT

These diseases can be classified into 3 large groupsaccording to the protein-loss mechanism: ulcerated lesionswith protein exudation (eg, peptic ulcer, inflammatorybowel disease, and gastric carcinoma), mucosal lesionswithout ulceration, but with increased permeability (eg,Menetrier’s disease, celiac sprue, and eosinophilic gastro-enteritis), and obstructive diseases (eg, lymphoma), as wellas primary disorder of the lymphatic system (eg, intestinallymphangiectasia).One of the several causes of protein-losing enteropa-thy is eosinophilic gastroenteritis. This is a rare diseasecharacterized by infiltration of eosinophils from the mu-cosa to the serosa layer, mainly in the stomach and thesmall bowel.