Castelo Branco, Catarina and Fonseca, Tomás and Marcos-Pinto, Ricardo (2022) Esophageal Bullous Pemphigoid. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 9 (2). pp. 1-3. ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Bullous pemphigoid is a rare autoimmune dermatologic disease that usually occurs in the elderly. Mucous membrane lesions occur in about 10–35% of patients and are almost always limited to the oral mucous membrane. Esophageal involvement is very rare (4% of cases) and usually presents with chest pain, dysphagia, and odynophagia, though patients are frequently asymptomatic. We report the case of newly diagnosed bullous pemphigoid in a 76-year-old man with a past medical history of dementia. He presented with cutaneous manifestations but also severe gastrointestinal bleeding due to extensive esophageal involvement. Although bullous pemphigoid is mainly a skin disease, mucous membrane lesions should not be overlooked as they are associated with an even poorer outcome. A high index of suspicion for esophageal involvement is needed as its presentation can be fatal, as with our patient.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bullous pemphigoid, esophagus, dementia |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Apr 2022 12:41 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Apr 2022 12:41 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21808 |
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