Esophageal Cicatricial Pemphigoid as an Isolated Involvement Treated with Mycophenolate Mofetil
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Esophageal Cicatricial Pemphigoid as an Isolated Involvement Treated with Mycophenolate Mofetil
Cicatricial pemphigoid (CP) is a rare blistering autoimmune disease. Esophageal involvement occurs in widespread disease and rarely appears as the only affected organ. We report a 67-year-old Caucasian female with esophageal dysphagia and weight loss. Several oral panendoscopies showed multiple exudative ulcerations with fibrin and webs in mid- and proximal esophagus and a peeling mucosa. There...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2090-6528,2090-6536
DOI: 10.1155/2015/620374