1. Presented by Elizabeth Montgomery, M.D. and prepared by Walter Klein, M.D.

Patient is a 31-year-old female with history of asthma, aspirin allergy, allergic sinusitis and rhinitis who presented with abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea and 15 pound weight loss. Peripheral blood counts revealed 40% eosinophils. Biopsies of the mid esophagus are shown. The endoscopist saw white patches.

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