TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 411. Allergic and Eosinophilic Gastroenteropathies
A1  - Li, B U.K.
A2  - Rudolph, Colin D.
A2  - Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2  - Lister, George E.
A2  - First, Lewis R.
A2  - Gershon, Anne A.
PY  - 2011
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
AB  - Allergic  and  eosinophilic  disorders  of  the  gastrointestinal  (GI)  tract  have  in  common  an  infiltrate  of  eosinophils  into  the  wall  of  the  GI  tract—sometimes  located  in  the  lamina  propria  only,  sometimes  in  the  muscularis  propria,  sometimes  in  both.  The  associated  disorders  are  highly  variable  in  severity  of  symptoms  and  endoscopic  and  histologic  manifestations  (Table  411-1).  Different  parts  of  the  GI  tract  may  be  involved  separately  or  together  (eg,  eosinophilic  esophagitis  is  almost  always  a  stand-alone  disorder;  eosinophilic  gastritis  may  occur  on  its  own,  or,  more  commonly  as  a  gastroenteritis;  eosinophilic  colitis  may  occur  alone,  or  in  combination  with  small  bowel  involvement,  ie,  enterocolitis).  Complicating  this  is  the  fact  that  eosinophils  are  found  in  the  GI  tract  in  a  number  of  other  disorders,  not  considered  to  be  primarily  allergic  in  origin.  These  include  disease  induced  by  parasitic,  bacterial,  and  viral  pathogens  as  well  as  certain  systemic  diseases  such  as  vasculitis.  The  general  principles,  diagnostic  approach,  and  management  of  food  allergy  is  discussed  in  detail  in  Chapter  194.  
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