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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
Clinical: | Clinical: | ||
*Usually chest pain | |||
*+/-Abdominal pain. | |||
*+/-Vomiting. | |||
*+/-Blood loss. | |||
Treatment: | |||
*Treated with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). | *Treated with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). | ||
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Notes: | Notes: | ||
*Intraepithelial cells with irregular nuclear contours, "squiggle cells" (T lymphocytes<ref name=pmid7587806>{{Cite journal | last1 = Cucchiara | first1 = S. | last2 = D'Armiento | first2 = F. | last3 = Alfieri | first3 = E. | last4 = Insabato | first4 = L. | last5 = Minella | first5 = R. | last6 = De Magistris | first6 = TM. | last7 = Scoppa | first7 = A. | title = Intraepithelial cells with irregular nuclear contours as a marker of esophagitis in children with gastroesophageal reflux disease. | journal = Dig Dis Sci | volume = 40 | issue = 11 | pages = 2305-11 | month = Nov | year = 1995 | doi = | PMID = 7587806 }}</ref>), may mimic [[neutrophil]]s. | *Intraepithelial cells with irregular nuclear contours, "squiggle cells" (T lymphocytes<ref name=pmid7587806>{{Cite journal | last1 = Cucchiara | first1 = S. | last2 = D'Armiento | first2 = F. | last3 = Alfieri | first3 = E. | last4 = Insabato | first4 = L. | last5 = Minella | first5 = R. | last6 = De Magistris | first6 = TM. | last7 = Scoppa | first7 = A. | title = Intraepithelial cells with irregular nuclear contours as a marker of esophagitis in children with gastroesophageal reflux disease. | journal = Dig Dis Sci | volume = 40 | issue = 11 | pages = 2305-11 | month = Nov | year = 1995 | doi = | PMID = 7587806 }}</ref>), may mimic [[neutrophil]]s. | ||
*Changes may be focal. | |||
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