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Endoscopy 1998; 30(7): 657-661
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1001372
Case Report

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Esophageal Involvement in Cicatricial Pemphigoid

A. Stallmach1 , S. Weg-Remers1 , C. Moser1 , H. Bonkoff2 , G. Feifel3 , M. Zeitz1
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
  • 2Department of Pathology, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
  • 3Department of Surgery, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
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17 March 2008 (online)

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Abstract

We report on a 17-year-old male patient with dysphagia, cachexia, and physical underdevelopment. Despite a known esophageal stenosis, the patient received several months of psychiatric treatment, which failed to improve the clinical picture. After systematic diagnostic procedures, including repeated biopsies of the esophageal stenosis, a cicatricial pemphigoid was diagnosed and adequate therapy could be initiated.