title: [Esophageal mucosal desquamation with hemorrhage in bullous pemphigoid: a case report].
abstract: Bullous pemphigoid is a subepidermal blistering skin disease, usually occurred in the elderly. It is an autoimmune disease associated with circulating autoantibodies directed against structural components of hemodesmosome. Rarely, it can involve the esophagus, which can be complicated by upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. We report a case of bullous pemphigoid with esophageal mucosal desquamation and hemorrhage in patient with chronic renal failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University College of Medicine, 194 Dongsan-dong, Jung-gu, Daegu 700-712, Korea.
authors.forename: Jun Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Kyung Sik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kwang Bum
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Jae Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Sung Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ahn
mesh_terms: D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology