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-#redirect [[Stomach#Eosinophilic gastritis]]
+'''Eosinophilic gastritis''', abbreviated '''EG''', is an uncommon inflammatory process of [[stomach]] characterized by abundant [[eosinophil]]s.
+===General===
+*Rare.
+===Gross===
+*+/-[[Gastric snakeskin appearance|Snakeskin appearance]].
+DDx:
+*[[Portal hypertensive gastropathy]].
+===Microscopic===
+Features:
+*Abundant [[eosinophil]]s -- >=127 eosinophils/mm<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=pmid21169993/>
+**30 eosinophils/[[HPF]], if the field diameter of 1 HPF is 0.55 mm.
+Notes:
+*Normal range:<ref name=pmid21169993>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lwin | first1 = T. | last2 = Melton | first2 = SD. | last3 = Genta | first3 = RM. | title = Eosinophilic gastritis: histopathological characterization and quantification of the normal gastric eosinophil content. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 4 | pages = 556-63 | month = Apr | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.2010.221 | PMID = 21169993 }}</ref>
+**<38 eosinophils/mm<sup>2</sup>.
+***Typically ~16 eosinophils/mm<sup>2</sup>.
+*Mild eosinophilia is seen in:<ref name=pmid21169993/>
+**[[Crohn's disease]] ~ 31 eosinophils/mm<sup>2</sup> (range: 0-203 eosinophils/mm<sup>2</sup>).
+**[[Helicobacter gastritis]] ~ 25 eosinophils/mm<sup>2</sup> (range: 0-219 eosinophils/mm<sup>2</sup>).
+==See also==
+*[[Stomach]].
+*[[Eosinophilic colitis]].
+*[[Eosinophilic esophagitis]].
+==References==
+{{Reflist|2}}
 [[Category:Diagnosis]]
+[[Category:Stomach]]