title: Oesophageal involvement in bullous pemphigoid.
abstract: Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an acquired autoimmune disease that predominantly affects older people. Mucosal involvement is rare in BP. We report an unusual case of an elderly patient with BP with involvement of the oesophagus presenting as gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Although mucosal involvement is typically rare in BP, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of GI bleeding in patients affected with the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maharshak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sagi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sprecher
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology