Eosinophilic gastroenteritis: Approach to diagnosis and management

Table 2 Published cases of eosinophilic gastroenteritis treated with budesonide

Ref.	Patient no.	Intestinal layer	Location	Previous treatment	Response
Russel et al[52], 1994	1	Mucosal	Ileum and cecum	Intolerant to steroids Failure of cromolyn sodium and mesalazine	Efficacy comparable to steroids over 5 mo
Tan et al[53], 2001	1	Full thickness with ascites	Antrum	Steroid dependent	Remission (+) over 2 yr
Siewert et al[54], 2006	1	Mucosal	Duodenum to ileum	None	Response (+)
Lombardi et al[55], 2007	1	Mucosal + submucosal	Ileum	Relapse after stopping budesonide and cromolyn sodium	Remission (+) on budesonide alone over 4 mo
Elsing et al[56], 2007	1	Muscular	Jejunum	Surgery + steroids for relapse	Remission (+) over 3 mo
Shahzad et al[57], 2011	1	Mucosal	Antrum + colon	None	Response (+)
Busoni et al[58], 2011	5	Mucosal	Lower + upper GI tract	Prednisone/methylprednisolone	Remission (+)
Lombardi et al[59], 2011	1	Muscular	Pyloric stenosis	Methylprednisolone	Remission (+) over 6 mo
Müller et al[26], 2014	1	Mucosal	Duodenum + colon + ileum	None	50% response (combined with 6-food elimination diet)
Wong et al[15], 2015	1	Mucosal +/- serosal or muscular	-	None	Recurrent symptoms

GI: Gastrointestinal.