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. 1986 Jan;39(1):1–7. doi: 10.1136/jcp.39.1.1

Eosinophilic infiltrates of the gastrointestinal tract.

A J Blackshaw, D A Levison
PMCID: PMC499605  PMID: 2869055

Abstract

There are two lesions which are often confused despite their quite distinct clinical and pathological differences: the inflammatory fibroid polyp and eosinophilic gastroenteritis. Other eosinophilic lesions likely to be encountered in the gut also pose problems of differential diagnosis.

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