Oesophageal involvement in bullous pemphigoid. A possible cause of gastrointestinal haemorrhage.
An elderly patient with bullous pemphigoid who had extensive oesophageal bullae is described. The diagnosis was confirmed by routine histopathological examination and immunofluorescence studies. These large oesophageal bullae may have caused massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage in this patient.
D000368:Aged; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology