Author/Authors :
Çağan Appak, Yeliz Celal Bayar University - Faculty of Medicine - Departments of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Turkey , Ayhan, Semin Celal Bayar University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pathology, Turkey , Kasırga, Erhun Celal Bayar University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Turkey
Abstract :
Celiac disease and eosinophilic esophagitis are usually considered to be separate gastrointestinal diseases; however, it appears that they may coexist more often than would be expected. We report the case of a 5-year-old girl who had positive celiac serology and was assessed as having type 3c celiac disease according to the Marsh classification with endoscopic pathology. However, the patient’s eosinophils were more than 100 per high-power field in esophageal mucosal biopsy specimens and she was evaluated as having eosinophilic esophagitis as well. The relationship between celiac disease and eosinophilic esophagitis is not clear. Nevertheless, coexistence of eosinophilic esophagitis needs to be considered in children with celiac disease
