Herpesvirus hominis oesophagitis and oesophageal stricture.
The literature on herpetic involvement of the oesophagus is reviewed and a case is described in which the presumptive clinical diagnosis of primary Herpesvirus hominis stomatitis and oesophagitis and subsequently oesophageal strictures was made. The differential diagnosis of an oesophageal lesion and its treatment are discussed.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013283:Stomatitis, Herpetic / Q000175:diagnosis