Eosinophilic esophagitis as a cause of feeding problems in autistic boy. The first reported case.
Unrecognized gastrointestinal disorders may contribute to the behavioral problems in non-verbal patients, but they are often overlooked since the clinical symptoms are nonspecific. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) is a chronic inflammatory disorder manifesting itself predominantly in reflux-type symptoms that do not respond to standard anti-reflux pharmacotherapy. Here we report the first case of EE in an autistic patient with feeding difficulties caused by exacerbated EE symptoms.
Jarocka-Cyrta
Elżbieta
E
Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Allergology, Medical University of Białystok, Waszyngton St 17, 15-274 Białystok, Poland. ejarocka@op.pl
Wasilewska
Jolanta
J
Kaczmarski
Maciej Gustaw
MG
D000293:Adolescent; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D057765:Eosinophilic Esophagitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male