Research Article
Prevalence of Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Lymphocytic Esophagitis in Adults with Esophageal Food Bolus Impaction
Table 3
Characteristics of 185 patients with esophageal food impaction with obtained biopsy samples from the esophagus.
| | | (%) | Median age (range) | Women (%) | Men (%) |
| | Patients in whom biopsies from the esophagus were obtained | 185 (100) | 45 (17–96) | 48 (26) | 137 (74) |
| | Patients with infiltration of inflammatory cells in the esophagus | 126 (68) | 40 (18–89) | 29 (16) | 97 (52) |
| | Patients with an increased number of eosinophils in the esophagus | 103 (56) | 37 (17–82) | 21 (11) | 82 (44) | | EoE | 34 (18) | 34.5 (18–73) | 7 (4) | 27 (15) | | EoE/LyE | 41 (22) | 35 (17–82) | 8 (4) | 33 (18) | | PPI-REE | 18 (10) | 47 (32–69) | 3 (2) | 15 (8) | | GERD with Eo-inf | 10 (5) | 54.5 (23–77) | 3 (2) | 7 (4) |
| | Patients with an increased number of lymphocytes in the esophagus | 23 (12) | 60 (27–89) | 8 (5) | 15 (8) | | LyE | 16 (9) | 63 (40–89) | 6 (3) | 10 (5) | | Schatzki ring with L-inf | 2 (1) | 64 (60–68) | 1 (<1) | 1 (<1) | | GERD with L-inf | 5 (2) | 60 (27–79) | 1 (1) | 4 (2) |
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EoE ≥ 15 eosinophils/hpf.
Eo-inf 8–15 eosinophils/hpf.
LyE ≥ 40 EILs/hpf.
L-inf 20–40 IELs/hpf.
EoE/LyE > 15 eosinophils/hpf and >40 IELs/hpf.
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