Prevalence of oesophageal eosinophils and eosinophilic oesophagitis in adults: the population-based Kalixanda study

Abstract

Oesophageal eosinophils were present in nearly 5% of the general population; approximately 1% had definite or probable eosinophilic oesophagitis. Oesophageal eosinophils may be a manifestation of reflux disease in adults, but the condition is as likely to be asymptomatic and go unrecognised.