--patient with esophageal foreign body, mobilizing for GI swallow/scope
--foreign body resolved by the time GI swallow is done
--GI consult requests IgE... why?
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EE)
--mimics GERD and may result in narrowing or stricture of the esophagus.
--differentiated from GERD by the amount of mucosal eosinophilia and lack of response to acid suppression.
--In a cohort, 71% percent of patients with EE were male with a mean age of 10.5+/-5.4 years.
--strong familial pattern
--sometimes first presents with lodged food boluses 2/2 stricture.
Submitted by T. Boyd.
Reference(s): Noel et al. Eosinophilic Esophagitis Correspondence. NEJM. 351:940-941. Aug 2004. picture
