title: Non-reflux esophagitis: a review of inflammatory diseases of the esophagus exclusive of reflux esophagitis.
abstract: Esophagitis is a frequent cause of clinical symptoms and is often an indication for upper endoscopy. Mucosal biopsies are procured for diagnostic purposes and may be used to assess the efficacy of treatment, as in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis. This article outlines salient clinical and pathologic features of diseases that cause esophagitis exclusive of reflux esophagitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215.
authors.forename: Salwan J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Almashat
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215; Department of Pathology, Children׳s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA. Electronic address: jgoldsmi@bidmc.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Jeffrey D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Goldsmith
mesh_terms: D004941:Esophagitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans
keywords: Allergic/eosinophilic esophagitis; Crohn׳s disease; Drug-induced esophagitis; Graft-versus-host disease; Infectious esophagitis; Sloughing esophagitis