title: Endoscopic and pathomorphologic findings in the gastrointestinal tract (GI) in patients with food allergy.
abstract: 98 subjects (78 children and 20 adults) with diagnosed food allergy underwent endoscopic and pathomorphologic evaluation of the GI mucosa (stomach, duodenum and colon). Endoscopic features of acute and chronic inflammation were found in all the analyzed segments. Typical inflammatory changes were not observed in the pathomorphologic examinations, although in half of the examined patients, inflammatory infiltrations consisting mainly of oesinophilic granulocytes were observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Military Medical Academy and Polish Mothers's Memorial Hospital of Lódź, Poland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grzybowska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Małecka-Panas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kałuzyński
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bak-Romaniszyn
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dyńska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004064:Digestive System / Q000473:pathology*; D004724:Endoscopy; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009092:Mucous Membrane