ReviewScientifica2012
Diagnosing eosinophilic colitis: histopathological pattern or nosological entity?
Review in Scientifica, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The efficacy of JAK inhibitors in adult eosinophilic colitis with atopic dermatitis; four cases report.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Clinical and atopic features of patients with primary eosinophilic colitis: an Italian multicentre study.Internal and emergency medicine · 2024Article
- The Relationship between Eosinophil Density in the Colonic Mucosa and Eosinophil Blood Count in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Pathologist's approach to paediatric and neonatal eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders.Pathologica · 2022Review
- Eosinophilic Colitis andFrontiers in medicine · 2020Article
- A Pink Herring in the Colon: A Case Report of Eosinophilic Colitis Masking Invasive Adenocarcinoma of the Colon.Case reports in surgery · 2020Article
- Eosinophilic esophagitis, gastroenteritis, and colitis in a patient with prior parasite exposure.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2019Article
- Eosinophilic Enterocolitis: An Exceedingly Rare Entity.GE Portuguese journal of gastroenterology · 2018Article
- Eosinophil Counts in Mucosal Biopsies of the Ileum and Colon: Interobserver Variance Affects Diagnostic Accuracy.Pathology research international · 2018Article
- The colon and terminal ileum in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and controls in Bangladesh: a macroscopic and microscopic study.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2018Article
- Classification of eosinophilic disorders of the small and large intestine.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2018Article
- Histologic Correlates of Clinical and Endoscopic Severity in Children Newly Diagnosed With Ulcerative Colitis.The American journal of surgical pathology · 2017Article
- Eosinophilic Colitis Masquerading as Malignancy of Colon.Gastroenterology research · 2017Article
- Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders Pathology.Frontiers in medicine · 2017Review
- Prevalence of Eosinophilic Gastritis, Gastroenteritis, and Colitis: Estimates From a National Administrative Database.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2016Article
- Microscopic colitis (lymphocytic and collagenous), eosinophilic colitis, and celiac disease.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2015Review
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Abstract
Reports of "eosinophilic colitis"-raised colonic mucosal eosinophil density in patients with lower gastrointestinal symptoms-have increased markedly over the last fifteen years, though it remains a rarity. There is no consensus over its diagnosis and management, and uncertainty is compounded by the use of the same term to describe an idiopathic increase in colonic eosinophils and an eosinophilic inflammatory reaction to known aetiological agents such as parasites or drugs. In patients with histologically proven colonic eosinophilia, it is important to seek out underlying causes and careful clinicopathological correlation is advised. Because of the variability of eosinophil density in the normal colon, it is recommended that histological reports of colonic eosinophilia include a quantitative morphometric assessment of eosinophil density, preferably across several sites. Few reported cases of "eosinophilic colitis" meet these criteria. As no correlation has been shown between colonic eosinophil density and symptoms in older children or adults, it is suggested that treatment should be directed towards alleviation of symptoms and response to treatment assessed clinically rather than by histological estimates of intramucosal eosinophils.
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