upper endoscopy with mid-esophageal biopsies, and skin testing for a number of food and environmental allergens. Diagnosis: Eosinophilic esophagitis. Management: Topical steroids with a ...

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic esophageal inflammatory disease of undetermined pathophysiology that results in dense mucosal eosinophilia and esophageal dysfunction. In childhood ...

Though the symptoms may seem to signal gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), you may actually have eosinophilic ... endoscopy. "Typically you shouldn't see eosinophils in the lining of the ...

All patients who were admitted under Gastroenterology Unit underwent endoscopy. Of these ... the food bolus was impacted in the proximal esophagus in 15%, mid-esophagus in 21%, and distal ...

The incidence and prevalence of eosinophilic esophagitis in the United States are higher than previously reported, indicating increased disease burden, according to a poster presented here. EoE can ...