Mirna Chehade1, Stacie M Jones2, Robbie D Pesek2, A Wesley Burks3, Brian P Vickery3, Robert A Wood4, Donald Y M Leung5, Glenn T Furuta6, David M Fleischer6, Alice K Henning7, Peter Dawson7, Robert W Lindblad7, Scott H Sicherer8, J Pablo Abonia9, Joseph D Sherrill9, Hugh A Sampson8, Marc E Rothenberg9. 1. Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Electronic address: mirna.chehade@mssm.edu. 2. Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Ark. 3. Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 4. Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, Baltimore, Md. 5. Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colo. 6. Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo. 7. The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Md. 8. Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. 9. Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is increasingly common, but data on phenotypic aspects are still incomplete. OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical, endoscopic, and histopathologic features of a large number of children and adults with EoE across the United States. METHODS: This was a multisite single visit registry enrolling subjects aged 6 months to 65 years with EoE. Participants provided responses regarding their medical history, with verification of the diagnosis and history by the study teams. RESULTS: A total of 705 subjects were analyzed (median [interquartile range] age at enrollment 11.2 [6.7-17.7] years, 68.2% male, 87.9% whites). Of these, 67 subjects had concurrent gastrointestinal eosinophilia, with gastric mucosa most common. An age- and race-dependent time gap was present between symptom onset and time of diagnosis (adults and whites with longer gap). Food allergy and atopic dermatitis were associated with a decrease in this gap. Symptoms varied with age (more dysphagia and food impaction in adults) and with race (more vomiting in non-whites). Esophageal rings and strictures at diagnosis were more common in adults, although esophageal eosinophilia was comparable among age groups. Concomitant allergic disease (91%), infectious/immunologic disorders (44%), neurodevelopmental disorders (30%), and failure to thrive (21%) were common. Depression/anxiety increased with age. EoE was reported in 3% of parents and 4.5% of siblings. CONCLUSIONS: Gastrointestinal eosinophilia is present in approximately 10% of patients with EoE; the symptom-diagnosis time gap is influenced by age, race, food allergy, and atopic dermatitis; symptoms vary with race; concurrent infectious/immunologic disorders and mental health disorders are common; and the level of esophageal eosinophils is comparable in patients with and without fibrostenotic features.
BACKGROUND:Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is increasingly common, but data on phenotypic aspects are still incomplete. OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical, endoscopic, and histopathologic features of a large number of children and adults with EoE across the United States. METHODS: This was a multisite single visit registry enrolling subjects aged 6 months to 65 years with EoE. Participants provided responses regarding their medical history, with verification of the diagnosis and history by the study teams. RESULTS: A total of 705 subjects were analyzed (median [interquartile range] age at enrollment 11.2 [6.7-17.7] years, 68.2% male, 87.9% whites). Of these, 67 subjects had concurrent gastrointestinal eosinophilia, with gastric mucosa most common. An age- and race-dependent time gap was present between symptom onset and time of diagnosis (adults and whites with longer gap). Food allergy and atopic dermatitis were associated with a decrease in this gap. Symptoms varied with age (more dysphagia and food impaction in adults) and with race (more vomiting in non-whites). Esophageal rings and strictures at diagnosis were more common in adults, although esophageal eosinophilia was comparable among age groups. Concomitant allergic disease (91%), infectious/immunologic disorders (44%), neurodevelopmental disorders (30%), and failure to thrive (21%) were common. Depression/anxiety increased with age. EoE was reported in 3% of parents and 4.5% of siblings. CONCLUSIONS:Gastrointestinal eosinophilia is present in approximately 10% of patients with EoE; the symptom-diagnosis time gap is influenced by age, race, food allergy, and atopic dermatitis; symptoms vary with race; concurrent infectious/immunologic disorders and mental health disorders are common; and the level of esophageal eosinophils is comparable in patients with and without fibrostenotic features.
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