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| ==Overview== | | ==Overview== |
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| ==Endoscopic Findings== | | == Other Imaging Findings == |
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| ===Reflux esophagitis===
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| * The [[endoscope]] has been before one of the [[diagnostic]] tools for GERD.
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| * Endoscopy is not recommended now for the diagnosis of GERD with the typical symptoms, however, it is used in [[screening]] for the GERD complications as [[esophagitis]], [[esophageal]] [[strictures]], and [[barrett's esophagus]].<ref name="KatzGerson2013">{{cite journal|last1=Katz|first1=Philip O|last2=Gerson|first2=Lauren B|last3=Vela|first3=Marcelo F|title=Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease|journal=The American Journal of Gastroenterology|volume=108|issue=3|year=2013|pages=308–328|issn=0002-9270|doi=10.1038/ajg.2012.444}}</ref>
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| * [[Endoscopy]] is also beneficial in doing [[biopsies]] in the [[screening]] of [[barrett's esophagus]].
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| ===Eosinophilic esophagitis===
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| *[[Mucosal]] [[biopsies]] of the [[esophagus]] should be obtained in all patients in whom EoE is a clinical possibility regardless of the [[Endoscopy|endoscopic]] appearance.
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| *[[Endoscopic]] [[abnormalities]] in patients with EoE are as follows:<ref name="urlTable 3: Proposed classification and grading system for the endoscopic assessment of the esophageal features of eosinophilic esophagitis (<a id=ref-link-section-1 title= href=/articles/#ref44">44</a>)">{{cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/ajg201371/tables/3 |title=Table 3: Proposed classification and grading system for the endoscopic assessment of the esophageal features of eosinophilic esophagitis (<a id=ref-link-section-1 title="" href=/articles/#ref44>44</a>) |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="urlVertical lines in distal esophageal mucosa (VLEM): a true endoscopic manifestation of esophagitis in children? - PubMed - NCBI">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9199905?dopt=Abstract&holding=npg |title=Vertical lines in distal esophageal mucosa (VLEM): a true endoscopic manifestation of esophagitis in children? - PubMed - NCBI |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="urlFragility of the esophageal mucosa: a pathognomonic endoscopic sign of primary eosinophilic esophagitis? - PubMed - NCBI">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12612531?dopt=Abstract&holding=npg |title=Fragility of the esophageal mucosa: a pathognomonic endoscopic sign of primary eosinophilic esophagitis? - PubMed - NCBI |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="urlEosinophilic esophagitis: red on microscopy, white on endoscopy. - PubMed - NCBI">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15383737?dopt=Abstract&holding=npg |title=Eosinophilic esophagitis: red on microscopy, white on endoscopy. - PubMed - NCBI |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="urlThe prevalence and diagnostic utility of endoscopic features of eosinophilic esophagitis: a meta-analysis. - PubMed - NCBI">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22610003?dopt=Abstract&holding=npg |title=The prevalence and diagnostic utility of endoscopic features of eosinophilic esophagitis: a meta-analysis. - PubMed - NCBI |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref>
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| **Fixed [[esophageal]] ring which is corrugated
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| **White [[exudate]]
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| **Longitudinal furrows
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| **[[Mucous membrane|Mucosal]] [[pallor]]
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| **[[Diffuse]] [[esophageal]] narrowing
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| **[[Mucosal]] fragility leading to [[esophageal]] lacerations during the [[endoscopy]]
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| *However, because these [[Endoscopy|endoscopic]] features have been described in other [[esophageal]] [[disorders]], none can be considered [[pathognomonic]] for EoE.
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| ==References== | | ==References== |