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 ===Microscopic===
 Features:
-*Basal cell hyperplasia.<ref name=pmid16707971>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Steiner | first1 = SJ. | last2 = Kernek | first2 = KM. | last3 = Fitzgerald | first3 = JF. | title = Severity of basal cell hyperplasia differs in reflux versus eosinophilic esophagitis. | journal = J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr | volume = 42 | issue = 5 | pages = 506-9 | month = May | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1097/01.mpg.0000221906.06899.1b | PMID = 16707971 }}</ref>
+#Basal cell hyperplasia.<ref name=pmid16707971>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Steiner | first1 = SJ. | last2 = Kernek | first2 = KM. | last3 = Fitzgerald | first3 = JF. | title = Severity of basal cell hyperplasia differs in reflux versus eosinophilic esophagitis. | journal = J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr | volume = 42 | issue = 5 | pages = 506-9 | month = May | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1097/01.mpg.0000221906.06899.1b | PMID = 16707971 }}</ref>
-*Papillae elongation.
+#Papillae elongation.
-*Inflammation, esp. eosinophils, lymphocytes with convoluted nuclei ("squiggle cells").
+#Inflammation, esp. eosinophils, lymphocytes with convoluted nuclei ("squiggle cells").
-*+/-Spongiosis.
+#+/-Spongiosis.
+Notes:
+*Eosinophilic esophagitis is characterized by similar histomorphologic features -- key difference: more eosinophils.
 ==Eosinophilic esophagitis==