A diagnostic delay of 10 years in the DanEoE cohort calls for focus on education - a population-based cross-sectional study of incidence, diagnostic process and complications of eosinophilic oesophagitis in the North Denmark Region.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the North Denmark Region with a population of 580,000 the awareness of eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) increased after 2011 due to a regional biopsy guideline. However, very little was known of the incidence, diagnostic process, or complications of EoE in Denmark.

Objective

The objectives of the study were to establish a cohort of EoE patients and describe the incidence, diagnostic process, and complications of EoE.

Methods

Patient files and histology reports for the 308 DanEoE cohort of patients with eosinophilia in the oesophagus in 2007-2017 identified by the histopathology registry were analyzed.

Results

The incidence of EoE in the North Denmark Region increased to 5.5-8.7/100,000 after 2011, where the regional biopsy guideline was implemented

SUBMITTER: Melgaard D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8280802 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature