1. Lymphocytic Esophagitis: An Emerging Clinicopathologic Disease Associated with Dysphagia.
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Pasricha, Sarina, Gupta, Amit, Reed, Craig, Speck, Olga, Woosley, John, Dellon, Evan, Reed, Craig C, Woosley, John T, and Dellon, Evan S
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GASTROESOPHAGEAL reflux , *CLINICAL pathology , *DEGLUTITION disorders , *PATIENTS , *DISEASE risk factors , *THERAPEUTICS , *DEMOGRAPHY , *ESOPHAGOSCOPY , *ESOPHAGUS , *ESOPHAGUS diseases , *ESOPHAGEAL stenosis , *ETHNIC groups , *HERNIA , *LEUCOCYTE disorders , *RESEARCH funding , *SMOKING , *COMORBIDITY , *RETROSPECTIVE studies , *CASE-control method , *EOSINOPHILIC esophagitis , *DISEASE complications - Abstract
Background: Lymphocytic esophagitis (LyE) is a recently described clinicopathological condition, but little is known about its features and clinical associations.Aim: The aim of this study was to characterize patients with LyE, compare them to non-LyE controls, and identify risk factors.Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of all patients ≥18 years old who underwent upper endoscopy with esophageal biopsy between January 1, 2000, and June 1, 2012. Archived pathology slides were re-reviewed, and LyE was diagnosed if there was lymphocyte-predominant esophageal inflammation with no eosinophils or granulocytes. Three non-LyE controls groups were also defined: reflux, eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), and normal. Clinical data were extracted from electronic medical records, and LyE cases were compared to non-LyE controls.Results: Twenty-seven adults were diagnosed with LyE, and the majority were female (63 %). The most common symptom was dysphagia (70 %). Fifty-two percentage had a prior or current diagnosis of reflux. Endoscopic findings included strictures (37 %), erosive esophagitis (33 %), rings (26 %), and hiatal hernia (26 %); 33 % of patients required dilation. After histology re-review, 78 % of LyE patients were found to have more than 20 lymphs/hpf. In comparison with the normal, reflux and EoE controls, patients with LyE tended to be nonwhite (p < 0.01), were more commonly tobacco users (p = 0.02) and less likely to have seasonal allergies (p = 0.02).Conclusion: LyE commonly presents with dysphagia due to esophageal strictures which require dilation. Smoking was associated with LyE, whereas atopy was not. LyE should be considered as a diagnostic possibility in patients with these characteristics undergoing upper endoscopy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2016
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