S1882 Eosinophilic Enteropathy in Children. Case Series of 5 Patients

Disease associations in eosinophilic oesophagitis and oesophageal eosinophilia

“…First described in 1937 [46], interest in EGE has grown in recent years due to the increasing number of case reports and case series worldwide, which has partly been due to the increased recognition and diagnosis of EoE. Despite the fact that EoE is currently defined as an eosinophil-predominant inflammation restricted to the oesophagus that does not extend to distal GI segments, oesophageal involvement in a number of paediatric and adult EGE cases is well documented in the literature [47][48][49][50][51][52]. As with EoE, EGE is frequently associated with a strong family or personal history of allergy and blood eosinophilia [45]; in fact, it is sometimes considered to be a particular form of food allergy due to the predominantly proximal GI location of the eosinophilic infiltration in a significant number of patients.…”