[Eosinophilia, diarrhea].

A 46-year-old Swiss woman presents with intermittent abdominal pain and persistent eosinophilia that is suggestive of helminthic etiology. Though her stay in Africa goes back > 35 years, an imported disease is a possibility. However, contact with a puppy suggests a locally acquired organism.

[Acute alveolitis due to mesalazine].

A 66-year-old male developed lymphocytic alveolitis with bronchiolitis after 3 month's treatment with mesalazin for ulcerative colitis. The patient's symptoms disappeared after halting mesalazin and increasing the steroid dose, the reduced diffusing capacity ameliorated and the thoracic X-ray normalized. The question whether this was a case of pulmonary involvement in inflammatory bowel disease or a drug side effect.

[Radiation proctocolitis following gynecologic radiotherapy: an endoscopic study].

The prevalence of radiation injuries was assessed in 155 of 206 surviving patients who had had radiation therapy for carcinoma of the uterus or vagina. The patients were examined according to a standardized protocol. 51 (32.

[Esophageal obstruction in tube feeding: a result of protein precipitation caused by antacids?].

A complication of tube feeding, i.e. thickening of nutrient solution in the presence of an antacid leading to obstruction of the esophagus, is reported.