RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The ‘skinny’ on eosinophilic esophagitis
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 83
OP 88
DO 10.3949/ccjm.82gr.14008
VO 82
IS 2
A1 David A. Katzka
YR 2015
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/82/2/83.abstract
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.