title: [Obstructive esophageal membrane in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dysphagia is a rare complication of esophageal webs.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe a patient with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa who developed dysphagia produced by an esophageal web that simulated carcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 26 year-old male with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa developed severe dysphagia and subsequently aphagia secondary to an upper third esophageal obstruction. A (CT) scan showed a circumferential esophageal wall thickening of the affected area. The patient was submitted to surgical neck exploration with endoscopic assistance to identify the obstruction and a esophagotomy was carried on detecting a complete esophageal web that was excised.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Esophageal web must be considered a cause of esophageal obstruction in patients with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Gastroenterología, División de Cirugía Oncológica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (México), Av. San Fernando No. 22, CP 14000, Delegación Tlalpan, México, DF.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ruíz-Molina
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ortíz-Mendoza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016108:Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica / Q000150:complications*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Membrana esofágica obstructiva en epidermólisis ampollosa distrófica recesiva.