Diagnosing Eosinophilic Colitis: Histopathological Pattern or Nosological Entity?

Table 1

Eosinophil densities in normal colon and eosinophilic colitis.

Normal colonic eosinophil density
Authors	Overall range (mean) of eosinophils/HPF
Lowichik and Weinberg 1996 [14]	1–52 (17)
DeBrosse et al. 2006 [15]	1–50 (15)
Suggested minimum eosinophil density for diagnosis of eosinophilic colitis
Authors	Eosinophils/HPF
Odze et al. 1993 [20]	6
Hwang et al. 2007 [21]	6
Lee and Kim 2010 [22]	30