Velázquez Vylma, Camacho Carlos, Mercado-Quiñones Alfredo E, Irizarry-Padilla Jadira
Pediatric Department, Hospital Episcopal San Lucas, Ponce, Puerto Rico, 00716-4725.
Bol Asoc Med P R. 2009 Apr-Jun;101(2):21-2.
Several studies have been done trying to describe the clinical manifestation, histopathological appearance, and natural history of eosinophilic esophagitis, but no studies have been done in the pediatric population of Puerto Rico. Our objective is to describe the demographic characteristics, clinical presentation, and the atopic characteristics of pediatric patients diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis. We conducted a cross sectional study in which the 24 medical records of the patients with eosinophilic esophagitis were revised and the following data was collected: age, sex, hometown and presenting symptoms. In a 24 pediatric patients with EE, the female sex was prevalent with a 54.2% and the median age was seven years old. The most common presenting symptom was epigastric pain. Allergies to environmental allergens were more prevalent in pediatric patients with EE. In conclusion, our sample proves that EE is indeed present among the pediatric population in Puerto Rico.
已经开展了多项研究试图描述嗜酸性食管炎的临床表现、组织病理学表现和自然病史，但在波多黎各的儿科人群中尚未开展此类研究。我们的目的是描述诊断为嗜酸性食管炎的儿科患者的人口统计学特征、临床表现和特应性特征。我们进行了一项横断面研究，查阅了24例嗜酸性食管炎患者的病历，并收集了以下数据：年龄、性别、家乡和就诊症状。在24例嗜酸性食管炎儿科患者中，女性占54.2%，为多数，中位年龄为7岁。最常见的就诊症状是上腹部疼痛。对环境过敏原过敏在嗜酸性食管炎儿科患者中更为普遍。总之，我们的样本证明波多黎各的儿科人群中确实存在嗜酸性食管炎。
