Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children and Adolescents with Abdominal Pain: Comparison with EoE-Dysphagia and Functional Abdominal Pain

Table 2

EGD and biopsy findings of patients.

	EoE-D	EoE-AP
EGD alterations, number (%)
Linear furrows/vertical lines	53 (82.8)	33 (51.6)	0.008
White exudates	35 (54.7)	16 (25.4)	0.003
Linear furrows and white exudates	30 (46.9)	9 (14.3)	<0.001
Concentric rings/trachealization	6 (9.4)	3 (4.8)	0.16
Tears/crepe paper appearance	4 (6.3)	0	0.06
Eosinophil count peak/mean	43.1/21.6	38.6/15.2	0.06
Biopsy changes, number (%)
Eosinophilic microabscesses	23 (35.9)	6 (9.5)	0.001
Basal epithelial hyperplasia	22 (34.4)	17 (27)	0.093
Papillomatosis	10 (15.6)	12 (19)	0.154
Spongiosis	9 (14.1)	10 (15.9)	0.176

FAP: visual changes and biopsies on EGD were normal.