title: Endoscopic findings in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Endoscopy has a key role in establishing the diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), but endoscopic features of EoE might not be well known.
  
  
  METHODS
  All patients aged 18 or older who were diagnosed with EoE from 2008 to 2013 were systematically identified retrospectively and findings at esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (EGD) were reviewed by two experienced endoscopists through a query of the university hospital database. Patients in whom biopsies from the esophagus were lacking or inadequate for histopathological examination were excluded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  23 patients (17 male, 6 female) were included into the study (median age: 38 years, range: 19 to 71 years). Patients presented with the following symptoms: 12 (52 %) had bolus obstruction and 18 (78 %) dysphagia and/or chest pain. At EGD, 22 of 23 (96 %) patients were observed with at least one endoscopic feature of EoE, i. e., mucosal edema (52 %), longitudinal furrows (57 %), vertical furrows (48 %), or crêpe paper esophagus (52 %).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Typical endoscopic features were present in most patients in whom EoE was diagnosed. Recognizing typical characteristics of EoE is substantial for establishing the diagnosis and for taking biopsies.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Waidmann
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Finkelmeier
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Welker
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sprinzl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zeuzem
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Albert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D057765:Eosinophilic Esophagitis / Q000473:pathology*; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D055815:Young Adult