Table 1.

Case series of four patients with eosinophilic colitis.

Patient	Age gender	Symptoms	Relevant history	Colon involved	Location and mean eosinophil count per HPF	Treatment	Outcome
1	2 months-M	Hematochezia	Vesicoureteral reflux with hydronephrosis	Sigmoid	Lamina propria-23	Dietary modification	Resolution of symptoms. No recurrence
2	4 months-M	Hematochezia	GERD, C. diff colitis.	Ascending	Lamina propria-33	Dietary modification	Resolution of symptoms. No recurrence
3	3 years-M	Persistent diarrhea	Selective IgA deficiency	Ascending	Lamina propria and muscularis mucosae-38	Dietary modification	Resolution of symptoms. No recurrence
4	53 years-F	Persistent diarrhea	T-cell lymphoma (status after BMT), C. diff colitis	Ascending & rectum	Lamina propria and muscularis mucosae-29	Prednisone	Deceased after 2 months
5	73 years-F	Severe diarrhea	History of rheumatoid arthritis	Ascending and transverse colon	Lamina propria and muscularis mucosae-32	Budesonide	Incomplete response to initial treatment

HPF: high-power field, GERD: gastroesophageal reflux disease, C. diff: clostridium difficile, BMT: bone marrow transplant.