Incidental Gastric Eosinophils in Patients With Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Do They Matter?

RESULTS. Thirty-three (16.5%) patients (age range: 14– 113 months) were identified as having both EGID and FD. Food sensitivity was noted in 88% of the patients, and 52% of them had clinical evidence of other allergic disease. Twenty-five of the 33 patients (76%) had eosinophilic esophagitis, defined by 15 eosinophils per high-powered field. Learned maladaptive feeding behaviors were the predominant form of FD and were noted in 93.9% of the children; gagging or vomiting was seen in 84.8% of them. Twenty-one percent were diagnosed with failure to thrive, and nearly 70% required individual or group feeding therapy.