Involvement of the esophagus in a patient with pemphigus vulgaris who was on immunosuppressive therapy.
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.
Kanbay
Mehmet
M
Department of Internal Medicine, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. drkanbay@yahoo.com
Selcuk
Haldun
H
Gur
Gurden
G
Yilmaz
Ugur
U
Boyacioglu
Sedat
S
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
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D001379:Azathioprine