A rare chronic, local immune-mediated disease of the esophagus characterized clinically by symptoms of esophageal dysfunction (including, dysphagia, feeding disorders, food impaction, vomiting and abdominal pain) and histologically by eosinophil-predominant inflammation in esophageal biopsies.

Allergic inflammation of the esophagus. Morphologically, it is characterized by the presence of eosinophils infiltrating the esophageal epithelium. Patients present with swallowing difficulty and heartburn.

Chronic ESOPHAGITIS characterized by esophageal mucosal EOSINOPHILIA. It is diagnosed when an increase in EOSINOPHILS are present over the entire esophagus. The reflux symptoms fail to respond to PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS treatment, unlike in GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE. The symptoms are associated with IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to food or inhalant allergens.

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic disease of the esophagus. Your esophagus is the muscular tube that carries food and liquids from your mouth to the stomach. If you have EoE, white blood cells called eosinophils build up in your esophagus. This causes damage and inflammation, which can cause pain and may lead to trouble swallowing and food getting stuck in your throat. EoE is rare. But because it is a newly recognized disease, more people are now getting diagnosed with it. Some people who think that they have reflux (GERD) may actually have EoE. Researchers are not certain about the exact cause of EoE. They think that it is an immune system/allergic reaction to foods or to substances in your environment, such as dust mites, animal dander, pollen, and molds. Certain genes may also play a role in EoE. EoE can affect anyone, but it is more common in people who Are male; Are white; Have other allergic diseases, such as hay fever, eczema, asthma and food allergies; Have family members with EoE.

Eosinophilic esophagitis is a chronic immune-mediated disease of the esophagus resulting in eosinophil-predominant inflammation of the esophagus; it can cause reflux-like symptoms, dysphagia, and food impaction. Diagnosis is endoscopy with biopsy. Treatment includes proton pump inhibitors, topical corticosteroids, dietary changes, and...

Primary eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an emerging clinicopathologic entity that is characterized clinically by symptoms related to esophageal dysfunction and histologically by an eosinophil-rich inflammation that is limited to the esophagus. In 2007, a multidisciplinary group proposed a consensus definition for the diagnosis of EoE...

Eosinophilic esophagitis (e-o-sin-o-FILL-ik uh-sof-uh-JIE-tis) is a chronic immune system disease in which a type of white blood cell (eosinophil) builds up in the lining of the tube that connects your mouth to your stomach (esophagus).

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic, immune-/allergen-mediated clinicopathologic condition. It is characterized clinically by symptoms of esophageal dysfunction (e.g., dysphagia and food impaction in adolescents and adults, and vomiting, regurgitation, heartburn, abdominal pain, failure to thrive, or feeding intolerance in...