“…22,33 Furthermore, more than half of the patients with food bolus impactions have abnormal esophageal manometry test. 33 In most patients, if a benign stricture or Schatzki ring is visualized after clearance of the food bolus, the narrowing can be effectively and safely dilated at the time of the same endoscopy. An interesting point of our study was that in 3 patients with food bolus impaction, normal endoscopy, esophageal manometry, and 24-hour pH study, and a negative history of atopy, the biopsies from esophagus showed eosinophilic esophagitis.…”