title: Eosinophilic esophagitis and anaphylaxis due to cow's milk in an infant.
abstract: Food allergies are often seen in infancy and usually show the clinical signs in the form of type I hypersensitivity reaction. However, a combination of food allergies can sometimes be found in the same patient. In this report, we present an 11-month-old infant who had a combination of anaphylaxis and eosinophilic esophagitis induced by cow's milk. Diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis is done by examination of esophageal biopsy material histologically. This is a very rare combination of food allergy. Improvement in clinical and histological findings of eosinophilic esophagitis was achieved by removal of cow's milk and dairy products from the infant's diet.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Asthma and Allergy, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. erdemtopal4@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Topal
authors.forename: Odül
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Eğritaş
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arga
authors.forename: Sinan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarı
authors.forename: Aylar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poyraz
authors.forename: Arzu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bakırtaş
authors.forename: Buket
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dalgıç
mesh_terms: D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000276:immunology*; D001942:Breast Feeding; D057765:Eosinophilic Esophagitis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016269:Milk Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications*; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology