Pemphigus vulgaris presenting with epigastric pain

Key Clinical Message Pemphigus vulgaris is an autoimmune mucocutaneous disease with an involvement in gastrointestinal tract especially in oral cavity and esophagus. Ulcers can be the initial presentation even before visible mucosal or cutaneous lesions. The presenting symptoms will be in accordance...

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Những tác giả chính: Marawan Elmassry, Jerapas Thongpiya, Pitchaporn Yingchoncharoen, Jali Garza, Matthew Soape, Kanak Das
Định dạng: Bài viết
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Wiley 2023-05-01
Loạt:Clinical Case Reports
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Truy cập trực tuyến:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7299
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Tóm tắt:Key Clinical Message Pemphigus vulgaris is an autoimmune mucocutaneous disease with an involvement in gastrointestinal tract especially in oral cavity and esophagus. Ulcers can be the initial presentation even before visible mucosal or cutaneous lesions. The presenting symptoms will be in accordance with the affected organ such as throat pain, hoarseness, dysphagia, odynophagia, or even bleeding. Here, we report a case of undiagnosed pemphigus vulgaris presenting with epigastric pain whose endoscopy showed oropharyngeal involvement and isolate esophageal ulcer, which failed proton pump inhibitor treatment.
số ISSN:2050-0904