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Methods: This case-control study included patients diagnosed with EoE (n = 19) and patients with non-obstructive dysphagia without abnormal findings as controls (NOD; n = 12). The EoE group was further divided into three subgroups based on endoscopic phenotype: inflammatory, fibrostenotic, or combined. Retrospective examination of endoscopic findings and pathological slides was performed to analyze IgG4 staining. Results: Histological analysis revealed a significant difference in IgG4 cell count (15.00 vs. 0.58, p = 0.003) and eosinophil cell count (84.67 vs. 0.08, p &lt; 0.001) between the EoE and NOD groups. Symptom manifestation and blood test results were similar across all three endoscopic EoE phenotypes. However, histological analysis revealed a significant difference in IgG4 cell count between the inflammatory, fibrostenotic, and combined phenotypes (4.13 vs. 17.6 vs. 59.7, p = 0.030). Conclusions: IgG4 expression was higher in EoE patients than in those with NOD, the highest being in the combined phenotype subgroup. 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