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*Usually immunodeficient.<ref name=pmid23082710>{{Cite journal | last1 = Monsanto | first1 = P. | last2 = Almeida | first2 = N. | last3 = Cipriano | first3 = MA. | last4 = Gouveia | first4 = H. | last5 = Sofia | first5 = C. | title = Concomitant herpetic and eosinophilic esophagitis--a causality dilemma. | journal = Acta Gastroenterol Belg | volume = 75 | issue = 3 | pages = 361-3 | month = Sep | year = 2012 | doi = | PMID = 23082710 }}</ref> | |||
Etiology: | Etiology: | ||
*[[Herpes simplex virus]]. | *[[Herpes simplex virus]]. | ||
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*HSV-1 +ve.<ref name=pmid20616659>{{Cite journal | last1 = Canalejo Castrillero | first1 = E. | last2 = García Durán | first2 = F. | last3 = Cabello | first3 = N. | last4 = García Martínez | first4 = J. | title = Herpes esophagitis in healthy adults and adolescents: report of 3 cases and review of the literature. | journal = Medicine (Baltimore) | volume = 89 | issue = 4 | pages = 204-10 | month = Jul | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1097/MD.0b013e3181e949ed | PMID = 20616659 }}</ref> | *HSV-1 +ve.<ref name=pmid20616659>{{Cite journal | last1 = Canalejo Castrillero | first1 = E. | last2 = García Durán | first2 = F. | last3 = Cabello | first3 = N. | last4 = García Martínez | first4 = J. | title = Herpes esophagitis in healthy adults and adolescents: report of 3 cases and review of the literature. | journal = Medicine (Baltimore) | volume = 89 | issue = 4 | pages = 204-10 | month = Jul | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1097/MD.0b013e3181e949ed | PMID = 20616659 }}</ref> | ||
**Occasionally HSV-2 +ve. | **Occasionally HSV-2 +ve. | ||
Latest revision as of 02:47, 3 April 2014
Herpes esophagitis is an inflammation of the esophagus due to herpes simplex virus.
General
- Usually immunodeficient.[1]
Etiology:
Gross/endoscopic
Features:
- Ulcers with a "punched-out" appearance with a brown/red edge.
Images
Herpes esophagitis - endoscopy. (WC)
www:
Microscopic
Features (3 Ms):
- Moulding.
- Multinucleation.
- Margination of chromatin.
Images
HSV esophagitis - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
HSV esophagitis - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
IHC
- HSV-1 +ve.[2]
- Occasionally HSV-2 +ve.
See also
References
- ↑ Monsanto, P.; Almeida, N.; Cipriano, MA.; Gouveia, H.; Sofia, C. (Sep 2012). "Concomitant herpetic and eosinophilic esophagitis--a causality dilemma.". Acta Gastroenterol Belg 75 (3): 361-3. PMID 23082710.
- ↑ Canalejo Castrillero, E.; García Durán, F.; Cabello, N.; García Martínez, J. (Jul 2010). "Herpes esophagitis in healthy adults and adolescents: report of 3 cases and review of the literature.". Medicine (Baltimore) 89 (4): 204-10. doi:10.1097/MD.0b013e3181e949ed. PMID 20616659.