Successful intravenous immunoglobulin treatment for steroid-resistant eosinophilic enteritis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2011 Nov-Dec;29(6):1018-20. Epub 2011 Dec 22.

Abstract

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare condition of unknown etiology characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the bowel. Corticosteroids are the mainstay of EG therapy. Although rare, steroid-resistant EG could be a life-threatening condition with tissue destructive evolution. Associations of eosinophilic gastroenteritis with systemic lupus erythematosus have rarely been reported. In this report we describe a case of successful IVIG treatment in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and steroid-refractory eosinophilic gastroenteritis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Drug Resistance
  • Enteritis / complications
  • Enteritis / pathology
  • Enteritis / therapy*
  • Eosinophilia / complications
  • Eosinophilia / pathology
  • Eosinophilia / therapy*
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Ileum / pathology
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / pathology
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / therapy*
  • Remission Induction
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous