Oesophageal webs preceding carcinoma and rupture of the oesophagus in cicatricial pemphigoid.
A case in which oesophageal webs preceded the development of carcinoma and rupture of the oesophagus in a 77-year-old woman with cicatricial pemphigoid is reported. Oesophageal webs in cicatricial pemphigoid have been reported but are rare. Clinical, histological, radiological and post-mortem features are described. Western immunoblotting of serum demonstrated a 180-kDa antigen which comprises one of the antigens reported in cicatricial pemphigoid.
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Department of Dermatology, Wycombe General Hospital, UK.
Wojnarowska
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Whitehead
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Leigh
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Rutty
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D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications*; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010390:Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous