PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - David A. Katzka
TI  - The ‘skinny’ on eosinophilic esophagitis
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.82gr.14008
DP  - 2015 Feb 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 83--88
VI  - 82
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/82/2/83.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/82/2/83.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2015 Feb 01; 82
AB  - Eosinophilic esophagitis—a disease that even most physicians know little about—is becoming increasingly common. Often starting in childhood with eating difficulties and symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease, it progresses with increasing inflammation, fibrosis, and strictures until the esophagus is visibly narrowed on radiography. Early recognition and treatment with an allergen-avoidance diet and steroids are critical to avoiding or postponing complications.