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ArticleBMJ case reports2017

Eosinophilic oesophagitis and coeliac disease: is there an association?

Ana Margarida Vaz, Antonio Jesus Cadilla, Diamantino Sousa, Horácio Guerreiro

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ana Margarida VazGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Antonio Jesus CadillaHistopathology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Diamantino SousaGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Horácio GuerreiroGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Algarve Biomedical Center · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 25-year-old man was seen in outpatient clinic for progressive solid food dysphagia. He was already medicated with a proton pump inhibitor with no improvement. His blood tests showed a slight microcytic anaemia and peripheral eosinophilia. The oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy showed longitudinal furrows in the distal two-thirds of the oesophagus and a concentric distal stenosis. The biopsies taken showed eosinophilic infiltrates consistent with eosinophilic oesophagitis. There was no improvement with topical fluticasone, so the patient was started on a systemic corticosteroid with resolution of dysphagia and of the oesophageal stenosis. He was kept on topical steroids for symptomatic control. On repeat endoscopy, the duodenal mucosa showed multiple papules that were biopsied. Histology showed features consistent with coeliacdisease. The patient was asymptomatic but there was evidence of iron deficiency anaemia, and so a gluten-free diet was started. Despite only a partial adherence to the diet, the iron deficiency anaemia resolved.

Indexed as

AdultCeliac DiseaseDeglutition DisordersDiagnosis, DifferentialEndoscopy, Digestive SystemEosinophilic EsophagitisHumansMalecoeliac diseaseendoscopyoesophagus

Identifiers

PMID29127130
PMCPMC5695465
OpenAlexW2767926695

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