[Herpes oesophagitis: cytological diagnosis of a rare viral disease (author's transl)].
During gastroscopy on a 75-year-old man because of bleeding from the upper gastro-intestinal tract, a white wallpaper-like covering was noted along the whole length of the oesophagus. Cytology of smears demonstrated typical cellular structure of Herpes, characterized by multinuclear cells with pale, flattened opaque glass-like nuclei. Subsequently the patient died of other organic complications.
D000368:Aged; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Herpes-Osophagitis. Zytologische Diagnose einer seltenen Viruserkrankung.