2014
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13043
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Eosinophilic Colitis: A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in an Elderly Adult

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“…Sol kolonda endoskopik olarak kolit ya da erozyon saptanan 5 vakada ek klinik prezantasyon olarak rektal kanamada görülmüştür. Literatürde de alt GİS kanaması ya da kanlı ishal şeklinde olgu sunumları bildirilmiştir (8,14).…”
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“…Sol kolonda endoskopik olarak kolit ya da erozyon saptanan 5 vakada ek klinik prezantasyon olarak rektal kanamada görülmüştür. Literatürde de alt GİS kanaması ya da kanlı ishal şeklinde olgu sunumları bildirilmiştir (8,14).…”
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“…The literature describes 75 cases of EC related to various other medications (e.g. chemotherapy, anti-epileptics, antibiotics), food allergies or other inflammatory disease (bowel and non-bowel); no clear mechanism is identified [4,6,11,13]. However, EC has never been described in the literature in association with neuropathic agents [3][4][5].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Her eosinophil count peaked at 1.93 x 10 9 /L (0.0-0.4). Due to the rare reported cases of gabapentin associated eosinophilia and eosinophilic syndromes or drug-induced colitis [3][4][5][11][12][13][14][15], gabapentin was stopped after one and a half months of treatment. The patient's eosinophil count partially improved but remained high.…”
Section: Case Reportmentioning
confidence: 99%