title: Sloughing esophagitis: a not so common entity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sloughing esophagitis, also known as esophagitis dissecans superficialis, is a very rare and underdiagnosed entity with unknown incidence rate. It can be associated with bullous dermatoses and medications such as central nervous system depressants and those causing esophageal injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 55-years-old woman was recovering from renal failure due to rhabdomyolysis when she developed dysphagia and odynophagia. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy with biopsy was performed for suspected bullous pemphigus and confirmed sloughing esophagitis. She improved with intravenous steroids.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sloughing Esophagitis should enter our differential diagnosis more frequently. It is mostly a benign, self-limiting process but when associated with bullous dermatoses will require steroid treatment.
authors.affiliation: Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akhondi
keywords: Corrosive esophagitis; Eosinophillic esophagitis; Esophagitis dissecans superficialis; Pemphigus and lichen planus; Sloughing esophagitis