Diagnostic approach to eosinophilic oesophagitis: Pearls and pitfalls.

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Diagnostic approach to eosinophilic oesophagitis: Pearls and pitfalls.

Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 2015 Oct;29(5):783-92

Authors: Schoepfer A

Abstract
Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) has first been described a little over 20 years ago. EoE has been defined by a panel of international experts as a "chronic, immune/antigen-mediated, oesophageal disease, characterized clinically by symptoms related to oesophageal dysfunction and histologically by eosinophil-predominant inflammation". A value of ≥ 15 eosinophils has been defined as histologic diagnostic cutoff. Other conditions associated with oesophageal eosinophilia, such as gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD), PPI-responsive oesophageal eosinophilia, or Crohn's disease should be excluded before EoE can be diagnosed. This review highlights the latest insights regarding the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of EoE.

PMID: 26552777 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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