在一个11岁的患有严重持续性喘的11岁儿童中,无症状的食道叶氨酸
Casey E Hofstaedter1, Runa Watkins2, Nidhi Kotwal3
1Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
Case reports in pediatrics
|October 23, 2023
概括
一个罕见的疾病 - - 无症状的食道叶黄素 (aEE) 在一名儿科喘患者身上被观察到. 这一案例凸显出需要在患有严重喘的儿童中进行全面的气消化评估.
科学领域:
- 儿科胃肠病学 儿科胃肠病学
- 肺部病理学 肺部病理学
- 过敏 免疫学 免疫学
背景情况:
- 无症状的食道乙 (asymptomatic esophageal eosinophilia,aEE) 是一种罕见的疾病,其特征是食道内膜中乙细胞增加而没有症状.
- 以前,AEE只在成年患者中被记录下来,对其临床意义或治疗必要性的理解有限.
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