Clinical Study
Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children from Western Saudi Arabia: Relative Frequency, Clinical, Pathological, Endoscopic, and Immunological Study
Table 2
Endoscopic and histopathological characteristics of children with EE.
| | | Number/total | (%) |
| | Endoscopic findings | | | | Longitudinal furrows | 17/18 | (94.4) | | Loss of vascular pattern | 17/18 | (94.4) | | Patchy whitish exudates | 7/18 | (38.9) | | Stricture | 5/18 | (27.8) | | Concentric mucosal rings | 2/18 | (11) | | Crepe paper | 2/18 | (11) | | Normal mucosa | 1/18 | (5.6) | | Histopathological features | | | | Eosinophilic microabscesses | 14/18 | (77.8) | | Intercellular edema | 17/18 | (94.4) | | Basal cell hyperplasia | 18/18 | (100) | | Lamina propria papillae elongation | 14/18 | (77.8) | | Lamina propria fibrosis | 11/12 | (91.7) | | Lamina propria eosinophils | 11/12 | (91.7) | | Eosinophilic degranulation | 17/18 | (94.4) | | Neutrophil infiltration | 2/18 | (11.1) | | Ulceration | 1/18 | (5.6) |
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