Eosinophilic esophagitis: escalating epidemiology?

TL;DR: There is a remarkable association of EoE with CTDs and evidence for a differential expression of genes involved in connective tissue repair in this cohort, and proposed stratification of patients with Eosinophilic esophagitis and CTDs into a subset referred to as EeE-CTD.

TL;DR: Advances in food allergy diagnosis include reports of probability of reactions to peanut at various peanut-specific IgE concentrations and skin test response size and the utility of evaluating IgE binding to specific epitopes.

TL;DR: The effectiveness of dilation was best when a larger esophageal caliber was achieved, but patients undergoing more procedures was associated with complications, and the only predictor of clinical response was final dilation diameter.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the clinical spectrum of eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG) and found that EG disease type has shifted toward that of the mucosal layer.

TL;DR: The small-caliber esophagus is a cause of dysphagia for solids in young men with eosinophilic esophagitis and frequently defies detection by routine diagnostic studies.

TL;DR: Recent progress in the diagnosis and management of eosinophil-associated inflammation of epithelia at the interface between external and internal milieu is summarized and future research directions are discussed.

TL;DR: Eosinophilic esophagitis, a primary and chronic disease restricted to the esophagus, leads to persistent dysphagia and structural esophageal alterations but does not impact the nutritional state.