XXXX --a recent north Queensland experience.

@entity1 @entity1712 @entity32 @entity4 @entity294 @entity281 @entity158 @entity490 @entity7400 @entity1744
Thirty-three @entity1 have been investigated in Townsville between 1983 and 1987 with @entity1712 . All were Caucasian and had been well prior to this illness. Twenty-six had similar presentations with episodic and transient @entity490 often with features of @entity1744 . Four @entity1 presented with @entity158 and @entity294 , two with chronic @entity294 and one with recurrent melena. All @entity1 at some stage during their illness developed high peripheral blood eosinophil counts, mean value 2096/mm3. Nine @entity1 had laparotomies. The disease typically involved a short segment of ileum or jejunum with thickening and induration. The histology of the four resected specimens demonstrated a transmural @entity32 with @entity4 and an intense eosinophilic infiltrate. A solitary adult hookworm was identified in one @entity1 adherent to the mucosa of the resected bowel. Each of the 19 @entity1 treated with antihelminthic drugs responded promptly. Recovery was accompanied by a return to normal peripheral blood eosinophil counts. This paper reports an unusual form of @entity1712 thought due to a @entity281 . The diagnosis should be considered in @entity1 from North Queensland presenting with @entity490 and @entity1712 . Laparotomy should be delayed pending a trial of conservative therapy with @entity7400 .
