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Case In Point
Case In Point
Eosinophilic Esophagitis in a Teenage Boy With Food Impaction
02/13/2013

KIM WATERHOUSE, MD
SSM Health Care,

JOSE DERDOY, MD
Saint Louis University 

DAVID S. BRINK, MD
St LouisMercy Clinic, St Louis

Dr Waterhouse is an allergy/immunology physician at SSM Health Care in St Louis. Dr Derdoy is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Mercy Clinic in St Louis. Dr Brink is associate professor of pathology and pediatrics and director of the residency training program in the department of pathology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine in St Louis.

Case In Point
An Intriguing Diagnosis 

KIM WATERHOUSE, MD SSM Health Care, JOSE DERDOY, MD Saint Louis University  ...
Eosinophilic Esophagitis is characterized by an eosinophilic infiltration of the esophagus that is suspected to be a reaction to an antigen.
02/13/2013
Feature
Feature
Liver Enzyme Abnormalities: What to Do for the Patient
04/30/2011

By ALLEN L. GINSBERG, MD

By ALLEN L. GINSBERG, MD
Brief case histories of patients who have similar liver enzyme abnormalities but dissimilar clinical backgroundsare examined.
04/30/2011
Hepatology
Hepatology
Man With Elevated ALT and History of Blood Transfusion
04/30/2011

By RONALD N. RUBIN, MD-Series Editor

By RONALD N. RUBIN, MD-Series Editor
Liver biopsy can detect the degree and extent of active inflammation, as well as the presence of bridging fibrosis and cirrhosis.
04/30/2011
Case Report
Case Report
Ulcerative Colitis With Pseudopolyps
04/30/2011

By Major Chad M. Sisk, DO

By Major Chad M. Sisk, DO
For 6 weeks, a 29-year-old previously healthy man had between 10 and 15 episodes daily of small-volume bloody diarrhea with intermittent paraumbilical pain.
04/30/2011