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Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE), previously known as a pediatric disorder, is garnering attention for its prevalence in adults (Journal Watch Gastroenterology Feb 18 2004). To advance recognition of adult EE, researchers conducted the largest cohort analysis to date of clinical and endoscopic findings for adult EE. They prospectively studied 29 patients (mean age, 35; range, 19-65; 72% men) with EE diagnoses, established by the presence of ≥15 eosinophils per high-power field in biopsy specimens.
Twenty-four patients (83%) were referred for evaluation of chronic solid-food dysphagia; the others had experienced recurrent dysphagia as teenagers. Fourteen patients (48%) reported histories of asthma, environmental allergy, or atopy. Twenty-seven p…