Relationships Between Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis

摘要: Over the last two decades, an increased recognition of gastrointestinal mucosal eosinophilia has heightened awareness and stimulated discussion regarding a number often confusing but clinically relevant questions. What constitutes pathological eosinophilia? are pathophysiological mechanisms leading to this response? diseases characterized by treatments resolve its associated symptoms? This chapter will focus on describing differences between similarities shared narrow group referred as eosinophilic or EGIDs. EGIDs wide range abdominal symptoms that occur in association with intestinal eosinophilia, when other causes have been ruled out. Traditional descriptions these categorized them histological groupings (mucosal, muscular, serosal) whereas more recent classifications subdivided primary organ affected (eosinophilic esophagitis, gastritis, gastroenteritis colitis).