Research Article
Prevalence of Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Lymphocytic Esophagitis in Adults with Esophageal Food Bolus Impaction
Table 1
Aetiology of esophageal food impactions in all 238 patients and in 185 patients with obtained biopsy samples from the esophagus.
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Schatzki ring without signs of EoE, LyE, or erosive esophagitis. Posttraumatic or postsurgical. Esophagus diverticula = 4, dyskinesia due to other diseases = 7, presbyesophagus = 7, and achalasia = 2. GERD: gastroesophageal reflux disease, EoE: eosinophilic esophagitis, LyE: lymphocytic esophagitis, EoE/LyE: compound eosinophilic esophagitis and lymphocytic esophagitis (patients fulfilled criteria for both EoE and LyE), and PPI-REE: proton pump inhibitor-responsive esophageal eosinophilia. |