Significance of Esophageal Eosinophilia in Children with Crohn’s Disease

Background: Studies document an association between Crohn's Disease (CD) and Esophageal Eosinophilia (EE), but its consequences are not yet clear. Aims: Compare a group of children with CD and EE (EE+) with a control group without EE (EE-). Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review of 148 pediatric patients with CD seen at the University of California San Francisco Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program between February 2003 and May 2016. EE was defined as >15 eosinophils/HPF on at least one esophageal