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**Often mimics gastroesophageal reflux (GERD).<ref name=pmid19596009>PMID 19596009.</ref> | **Often mimics gastroesophageal reflux (GERD).<ref name=pmid19596009>PMID 19596009.</ref> | ||
*Dysphagia.<ref>URL: [http://www.medicinenet.com/eosinophilic_esophagitis/page2.htm#tocc http://www.medicinenet.com/eosinophilic_esophagitis/page2.htm#tocc]. Accessed on: 1 December 2009.</ref> | *Dysphagia.<ref>URL: [http://www.medicinenet.com/eosinophilic_esophagitis/page2.htm#tocc http://www.medicinenet.com/eosinophilic_esophagitis/page2.htm#tocc]. Accessed on: 1 December 2009.</ref> | ||
Biopsies: | |||
*Should be taken from: upper, mid, lower and submitted in separate containers (eosinophilia present through-out-- to differentiate from GERD). | |||
Associations: | Associations: | ||
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*Familial association.<ref name=pmid19596009/> | *Familial association.<ref name=pmid19596009/> | ||
===Gross=== | ===Gross/endoscopic=== | ||
*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. | |||
===Microscopy=== | ===Microscopy=== | ||