@article{SCHOLARLY,
      recid = {776},
      author = {Chelsea Manica and Logan Gibson},
      title = {Eosinophilic Esophagitis as the Only Clinical Symptom in a  Pediatric Patient: A Case Report},
      address = {2025-10-31},
      number = {SCHOLARLY},
      pages = {3 pages},
      abstract = {Eosinophilic esophagitis is defined as the presentation of  greater than or equal to 15 eosinophils per high-power  field on light microscopy after a biopsy. It is a TH2  antigen-mediated response. 1 Typical patient presentation  of symptoms is dysphagia, emesis, abdominal pain,  regurgitation, followed by failure to thrive or weight  loss. 2 A 9-year-old female presents with chronic throat  clearing for approximately six months that interrupted her  speech and flow of conversation yet no additional symptoms.  The patient underwent an esophagogastroduodenoscopy with  biopsies. The esophageal biopsy yielded squamous mucosa  with basal cell hyperplasia and approximately 30  eosinophils per high-powered field. Foci containing  degranulated eosinophils and eosinophilic collections  within the superficial mucosa were also seen. The patient  was started on budesonide, a typical treatment of  eosinophilic esophagitis,3 and her chronic throat clearing  resolved. After treatment, the patient underwent a second  esophagogastroduodenoscopy, and the results yield squamous  mucosa with significant findings with no histological  evidence of increased intraepithelial eosinophils,  intestinal metaplasia, or dysplasia.},
      url = {http://institutionalrepository.rvu.edu/record/776},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.82451/k5776},
}