Lymphocytic Esophagitis: Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department vs Initial Suspicion of Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Lymphocytic esophagitis is an increasingly prevalent yet poorly understood condition that is highly disruptive to daily living. The presentation often includes dysphagia, but dysarthria and narrowing of the esophageal lumen may be seen as well. In this case, a 66-year-old female presented to the Eme...

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Autores principales: Banks, Wesley D, Cassar, Christian, Cassar, Philip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9659315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36407179
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30300
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description Lymphocytic esophagitis is an increasingly prevalent yet poorly understood condition that is highly disruptive to daily living. The presentation often includes dysphagia, but dysarthria and narrowing of the esophageal lumen may be seen as well. In this case, a 66-year-old female presented to the Emergency Department complaining of dysphagia for several weeks in addition to associated discomfort with the loss of ability to swallow solid foods.
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spelling pubmed-96593152022-11-17 Lymphocytic Esophagitis: Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department vs Initial Suspicion of Eosinophilic Esophagitis Banks, Wesley D Cassar, Christian Cassar, Philip Cureus Emergency Medicine Lymphocytic esophagitis is an increasingly prevalent yet poorly understood condition that is highly disruptive to daily living. The presentation often includes dysphagia, but dysarthria and narrowing of the esophageal lumen may be seen as well. In this case, a 66-year-old female presented to the Emergency Department complaining of dysphagia for several weeks in addition to associated discomfort with the loss of ability to swallow solid foods. Cureus 2022-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9659315/ /pubmed/36407179 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30300 Text en Copyright © 2022, Banks et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Banks, Wesley D
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Lymphocytic Esophagitis: Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department vs Initial Suspicion of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
title Lymphocytic Esophagitis: Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department vs Initial Suspicion of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
title_full Lymphocytic Esophagitis: Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department vs Initial Suspicion of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
title_fullStr Lymphocytic Esophagitis: Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department vs Initial Suspicion of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
title_full_unstemmed Lymphocytic Esophagitis: Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department vs Initial Suspicion of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
title_short Lymphocytic Esophagitis: Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department vs Initial Suspicion of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
title_sort lymphocytic esophagitis: diagnosis and management in the emergency department vs initial suspicion of eosinophilic esophagitis
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9659315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36407179
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30300
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