Esophageal involvement in cicatricial pemphigoid.
We report on a 17-year-old male patient with dysphagia, cachexia, and physical underdevelopment. Despite a known esophageal stenosis, the patient received several months of psychiatric treatment, which failed to improve the clinical picture. After systematic diagnostic procedures, including repeated biopsies of the esophageal stenosis, a cicatricial pemphigoid was diagnosed and adequate therapy could be initiated.
Stallmach
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Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany. inasta@med-rz.uni.sb.de
Weg-Remers
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Moser
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Bonkoff
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Feifel
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Zeitz
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D000293:Adolescent; D002100:Cachexia / Q000209:etiology; D004106:Dilatation; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010390:Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology