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ReviewClinical medicine (London, England)2023

Lymphocytic oesophagitis: diagnosis and management.

Mohamed Hussein, Miriam Mitchison, Rami Sweis

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Review in Clinical medicine (London, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. A systematic review of therapeutic options for lymphocytic esophagitis.Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus · 2025
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  4. A Comparative Analysis between Lymphocytic Esophagitis and Eosinophilic Esophagitis.Recent advances in inflammation & allergy drug discovery · 2026
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  6. Esophageal lichen planus: A prospective interdisciplinary, monocentric cohort study.Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mohamed HusseinGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Miriam MitchisonUniversity College London Hospital, London, UK.
Rami SweisUniversity College London Hospital, UK and University College London, UK Rami.sweis@nhs.net.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lymphocytic oesophagitis is a rare inflammatory condition that was first described in 2006. Although it is being increasingly diagnosed, it remains poorly described and characterised. There is limited research on the natural history, diagnosis and management of this condition. The most common presenting symptoms are dysphagia, chest pain and heartburn. Endoscopic features can mimic eosinophilic oesophagitis. International consensus is needed to secure a histological definition, to agree on an endoscopic severity scoring system and to determine an appropriate management algorithm. This review summarises the main evidence for the diagnosis and management of lymphocytic oesophagitis, thus setting the scene for the future directions needed to improve the management of this condition.

Indexed as

Eosinophilic EsophagitisGastritisHumansdysphagialymphocytic oesophagitisoesophagus

Identifiers

PMID38065611
PMCPMC11298499

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