title: Esophageal eosinophilia in pediatric patients with cerebral palsy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the clinical picture, test results, and clinical evolution of patients with cerebral palsy associated with diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis, monitored at tertiary centre.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional, retrospective and descriptive study that evaluated the medical records data of pediatric patients with diagnosis of cerebral palsy and eosinophilic esophagitis in a tertiary center of pediatric gastroenterology between August 2005 and August 2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seven out of 131 patients with cerebral palsy had the diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis. The mean age at diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis was 52.3 months and the mean number of eosinophils in esophagus was 35 per high-power field. Symptoms more frequent were recurrent vomiting and disphagia. Endoscopic alterations found were mucosal thickening, vertical lines, mucosal opacificacion and white plaques.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The frequency of eosinophilic esophagitis found was higher than in general pediatric population. The investigation of eosinophilic esophagitis should be done regularly in those patients, once this entity could overlap other gastrointestinal diseases.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Carolina Ramos de
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Nápolis
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Flavia Araujo
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Erica Rodrigues Mariano de Almeida
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Rezende
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gesmar Rodrigues Silva
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Segundo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D057765:Eosinophilic Esophagitis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E