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*Pyrosis = heartburn.<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pyrosis http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pyrosis]. Accessed on: 21 June 2010.</ref>
*Pyrosis = heartburn.<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pyrosis http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pyrosis]. Accessed on: 21 June 2010.</ref>


=Infection=
=Infectious esophagitis=
{{main|Microorganisms}}
{{main|Microorganisms}}
Is a relatively common problem, especially in those that live at the margins (EtOH abusers) and immunosuppressed individuals ([[HIV|HIV/AIDS]]).
Is a relatively common problem, especially in those that live at the margins (EtOH abusers) and immunosuppressed individuals ([[HIV|HIV/AIDS]]).
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*[[HIV]] - non-specific.
*[[HIV]] - non-specific.


===Candidiasis===
===Candida esophagitis===
{{Main|Candidiasis}}
*[[AKA]] ''esophageal candidiasis''.
====Gross (endoscopic)====
====Gross (endoscopic)====
Features:
Features:
*White patches.
*White patches.
DDx (endoscopic):<ref name=Ref_Odze244>{{Ref Odze|244}}</ref>
*[[Eosinophilic esophagitis]].


====Microscopic====
====Microscopic====
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*[[AKA]] [[CMV]] esophagitis.
*[[AKA]] [[CMV]] esophagitis.


Microscopic:
====Microscopic====
Features:
*Classically at the base of the ulcer; within endothelial cells - '''key point'''.
*Classically at the base of the ulcer; within endothelial cells - '''key point'''.


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*[[Herpes simplex virus]].
*[[Herpes simplex virus]].


===Gross/endoscopic===
====Gross/endoscopic====
Features:
Features:
*Ulcers with a "punched-out" appearance with a brown/red edge.
*Ulcers with a "punched-out" appearance with a brown/red edge.
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Notes:
Notes:
*Eosinophilic esophagitis is characterized by similar histomorphologic features -- key difference: more eosinophils.
*Intraepithelial cells with irregular nuclear contours, "squiggle cells" (T lymphocytes<ref name=pmid7587806>PMID: 7587806.</ref>), may mimic [[neutrophil]]s.
*"Squiggle cells" may mimic neutrophils.
 
DDx:
*[[Eosinophilic esophagitis]] - characterized by similar histomorphologic features. The key difference is: more [[eosinophil]]s.


Images:
Images:
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==Eosinophilic esophagitis==
==Eosinophilic esophagitis==
*Abbreviated ''EE''.
===General===
===General===
*The current thinking is that it is a clinico-pathologic diagnosis.<ref name=pmid20524860>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Genevay | first1 = M. | last2 = Rubbia-Brandt | first2 = L. | last3 = Rougemont | first3 = AL. | title = Do eosinophil numbers differentiate eosinophilic esophagitis from gastroesophageal reflux disease? | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 134 | issue = 6 | pages = 815-25 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165-134.6.815 | PMID = 20524860 | url = http://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/full/10.1043/1543-2165-134.6.815 }}</ref>
*The current thinking is that it is a clinico-pathologic diagnosis.<ref name=pmid20524860>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Genevay | first1 = M. | last2 = Rubbia-Brandt | first2 = L. | last3 = Rougemont | first3 = AL. | title = Do eosinophil numbers differentiate eosinophilic esophagitis from gastroesophageal reflux disease? | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 134 | issue = 6 | pages = 815-25 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165-134.6.815 | PMID = 20524860 | url = http://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/full/10.1043/1543-2165-134.6.815 }}</ref>
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*'''Trachealization'''; eosphagus looks like trachea.<ref name=pmid19636182>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Al-Hussaini | first1 = AA. | last2 = Semaan | first2 = T. | last3 = El Hag | first3 = IA. | title = Esophageal trachealization: a feature of eosinophilic esophagitis. | journal = Saudi J Gastroenterol | volume = 15 | issue = 3 | pages = 193-5 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.4103/1319-3767.54747 | PMID = 19636182 }}
*'''Trachealization'''; eosphagus looks like trachea.<ref name=pmid19636182>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Al-Hussaini | first1 = AA. | last2 = Semaan | first2 = T. | last3 = El Hag | first3 = IA. | title = Esophageal trachealization: a feature of eosinophilic esophagitis. | journal = Saudi J Gastroenterol | volume = 15 | issue = 3 | pages = 193-5 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.4103/1319-3767.54747 | PMID = 19636182 }}
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**[[AKA]] feline esophagus.<ref>URL: [http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/reprint/164/4/900.pdf  http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/reprint/164/4/900.pdf]. Accessed on: 4 October 2010.</ref>  
**[[AKA]] ''feline esophagus''.<ref>URL: [http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/reprint/164/4/900.pdf  http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/reprint/164/4/900.pdf]. Accessed on: 4 October 2010.</ref>  
*White.
*White.


Image: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841420/figure/F0001/ Trachealization - radiograph (nih.gov)].
DDx (endoscopic):
*[[Candida esophagitis]]
 
Image:  
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841420/figure/F0001/ Trachealization - radiograph (nih.gov)].


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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**There is a consensus paper<ref>{{cite journal |author=Furuta GT, Liacouras CA, Collins MH, ''et al.'' |title=Eosinophilic esophagitis in children and adults: a systematic review and consensus recommendations for diagnosis and treatment |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=133 |issue=4 |pages=1342–63 |year=2007 |month=October |pmid=17919504 |doi=10.1053/j.gastro.2007.08.017 |url=}}</ref> that makes note of [[HPFitis]]... and then goes on to ignore to whole issue by defining EE as 15/HPF.  It blows my mind that the people could be so will fully blind and that the idiotic reviewers didn't understand this.
**There is a consensus paper<ref>{{cite journal |author=Furuta GT, Liacouras CA, Collins MH, ''et al.'' |title=Eosinophilic esophagitis in children and adults: a systematic review and consensus recommendations for diagnosis and treatment |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=133 |issue=4 |pages=1342–63 |year=2007 |month=October |pmid=17919504 |doi=10.1053/j.gastro.2007.08.017 |url=}}</ref> that makes note of [[HPFitis]]... and then goes on to ignore to whole issue by defining EE as 15/HPF.  It blows my mind that the people could be so will fully blind and that the idiotic reviewers didn't understand this.
**Most resident microscopes at the Toronto teaching hospitals have 22 mm eye pieces and have for their highest magnification objective a 40X.  De facto, this means most people in Toronto are using the Liacouras ''et al.'' definition.<ref name=pmid16361045>{{cite journal |author=Liacouras CA, Spergel JM, Ruchelli E, ''et al.'' |title=Eosinophilic esophagitis: a 10-year experience in 381 children |journal=Clin. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. |volume=3 |issue=12 |pages=1198–206 |year=2005 |month=December |pmid=16361045 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
**Most resident microscopes at the Toronto teaching hospitals have 22 mm eye pieces and have for their highest magnification objective a 40X.  De facto, this means most people in Toronto are using the Liacouras ''et al.'' definition.<ref name=pmid16361045>{{cite journal |author=Liacouras CA, Spergel JM, Ruchelli E, ''et al.'' |title=Eosinophilic esophagitis: a 10-year experience in 381 children |journal=Clin. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. |volume=3 |issue=12 |pages=1198–206 |year=2005 |month=December |pmid=16361045 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
DDx:<ref name=Ref_Odze244>{{Ref Odze|244}}</ref>
*[[Gastroesophageal reflux disease]] - no mid and proximal involvement.
*[[Infectious esophagitis]].
*Eosinophilic gastroenteritis.
*Hypereosinophilic syndrome.


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