General Information

Eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases (EGIDs) are rare chronic, inflammatory disorders of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract with unknown longterm consequences. They comprise of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), eosinophilic gastritis (EG), eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) and eosinophilic colitis (EC). EoE is the most common and the best described EGID compared to EG, EGE and EC. The clinical presentation of different EGIDs depends on the involved GI site as well as the extent and the depth of eosinophilic infiltration through the bowel wall.