Prevalence of eosinophilic colitis and the diagnoses associated with colonic eosinophilia

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 May;143(5):1928-1930.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.12.1002. Epub 2019 Jan 14.

Abstract

Pediatric eosinophilic colitis (EC) is a rare disease with a prevalence of ~1/63,000 individuals, and at our tertiary care pediatric medical center, only 2% of patients with the ICD-9/10 code for EC likely have the disease.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Colitis / diagnosis
  • Colitis / epidemiology*
  • Colon / immunology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Eosinophilia / diagnosis
  • Eosinophilia / epidemiology*
  • Eosinophils / immunology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Inflammation
  • Male
  • Phenotype
  • Prevalence
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tertiary Care Centers
  • United States / epidemiology