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.
Division of Allergy and Immunology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399 USA.
Jonathan
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Spergel