title: Involvement of the esophagus in a patient with pemphigus vulgaris who was on immunosuppressive therapy.
abstract: Esophageal involvement of pemphigus vulgaris (PV) had been considered an exceptional event. We present the case of a woman with PV who developed esophageal involvement while being treated with azathioprine and resolved after steroid therapy. This case highlights that esophageal involvement of PV might be resistant to immunosuppressive therapy other than steroids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. drkanbay@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanbay
authors.forename: Haldun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Selcuk
authors.forename: Gurden
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gur
authors.forename: Ugur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boyacioglu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010392:Pemphigus / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D001379:Azathioprine