Table 2.
Mean peak eosinophil counts by disease and site of biopsy at the time of diagnosis
| Eosinophilic gastritis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Biopsy site | N | Mean eosinophil count | Range |
| Stomach | |||
| Overall | 105 | 86.7 | 13–500 |
| Fundus | 12 | 48.2 | 20–100 |
| Body | 40 | 86.7 | 13–400 |
| Antrum | 64 | 78.4 | 13–400 |
| Unspecified site | 27 | 120 | 15–500 |
| Eosinophilic gastroenteritis | |||
| Biopsy site | N | Mean eosinophil count | Range |
| Stomach | |||
| Overall | 54 | 78.3 | 6–500 |
| Fundus | 9 | 58.2 | 14–100 |
| Body | 19 | 79 | 6–404 |
| Antrum | 34 | 74.8 | 12–404 |
| Unspecified site | 9 | 112.3 | 23–500 |
| Small intestine | |||
| Overall | 45 | 64.9 | 12–200 |
| Duodenum | 38 | 61.1 | 12–182 |
| Jejunuma | 3 | 76.7 | 25–140 |
| Ileuma | 10 | 73.6 | 32–200 |
| Eosinophilic colitis | |||
| Biopsy Site | N | Mean eosinophil count | Range |
| Colon | |||
| Overall | 80 | 75.6 | 10–500 |
| Right colon | 49 | 75.1 | 9–500 |
| Left colon | 55 | 64.1 | 10–350 |
| Rectosigmoid colon | 37 | 38.9 | 3–135 |
| Unspecified site | 14 | 78.8 | 30–168 |
Data shown as number (N) of population. Peak tissue eosinophil counts are expressed per high-power field (hpf), including mean peak eosinophil count and range of eosinophils/hpf
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For subjects with a clinical diagnosis of EGE, 36 (29%) had quantified eosinophils in both the stomach and small intestine