Clinical features of patients
| N* | Age (years) | Symptoms | Endoscopic findings† | Eos/HPF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active EoE | 9 | 2–15 | Vomiting-5 Abdominal pain-4 | F-6 E-4 LOVP-4 | 10–70 |
| Inactive EoE | 9 | 4–7 | None | F-1 E-1 LOVP-1 N-6 | 0 |
| GERD | 4 | 14–18 | Abdominal pain-2 Dysphagia-1 Regurgitation-1 | N-4 | 0–3 |
| Normal | 7 | 9–17 | Abdominal pain-5 Diarrhoea-1 Vomiting-1 | F-1 LOVP-1 FR-1 N-5 | 0 |
*Selected based on previous studies of epithelial features in EoE.12
†Some cases had more than one endoscopic finding.
E, exudate; EoE, eosinophilic oesophagitis; F, furrows; Fr, friable; HPF, high-power-field; LOVP, loss of vascular pattern; N, normal.