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(A) Initial endoscopy showing esophagus with longitudinal furrows, microabscesses, and rings. (B) Post-treatment endoscopy showing improvement in longitudinal furrows, microabscesses and rings.
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He subsequently underwent upper GI endoscopy, which was significant for ringed esophagus, longitudinal furrows, and white plaques in the entire esophagus concerning for eosinophilic esophagitis (Figure 1).
Nematode found in the gastric body with pathology consistent with Anisakidae species.
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In the stomach, a roundworm was found and removed (Figure 2).
Pathology showing (A) 100 eosinophils per high-power field on initial endoscopy, and (B) improvement with only 9 eosinophils per high-power field on post-treatment endoscopy.
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Pathology of the esophagus was significant for 100 eosinophils per high-power field (HPF) in all biopsies (Figure 3).