Diagnosis and treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis.
Eosinophilic esophagitis is a newer disease entity that has been diagnosed with increasing frequency over the past 10 years. Patients present with a variety of symptoms including vomiting, failure to thrive, abdominal pain, dysphagia, and/or food impaction depending on the age of the patient. The diagnosis is confirmed by endoscopy with eosinophilic inflammation localized to the oesophagus, an area typically void of eosinophils.
Spergel
Jonathan
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Division of Allergy and Immunology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399 USA.