1. Unique causes of esophageal inflammation: a histopathologic perspective
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Purva Gopal, ILKe Nalbantoglu, Joanna Gibson, and Mikhail Lisovsky
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Biopsy ,Congenital cytomegalovirus infection ,Cytomegalovirus ,Inflammation ,Gastroenterology ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Esophagus ,0302 clinical medicine ,History and Philosophy of Science ,Internal medicine ,Candida albicans ,medicine ,Dermatologic diseases ,Humans ,Simplexvirus ,In patient ,Reflux esophagitis ,Eosinophilic esophagitis ,Esophagitis, Peptic ,business.industry ,General Neuroscience ,Pemphigus vulgaris ,Candidiasis ,Herpes Simplex ,Bacterial Infections ,Eosinophilic Esophagitis ,medicine.disease ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Cytomegalovirus Infections ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Esophagoscopy ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Esophagitis - Abstract
Gastroenterologists frequently perform endoscopic esophageal mucosal biopsies for pathologic diagnosis in patients experiencing symptoms of esophagitis. The more common causes of esophagitis diagnosed on esophageal mucosal biopsy include reflux esophagitis, eosinophilic esophagitis, and infectious esophagitis caused by Candida albicans, herpes simplex virus, and/or cytomegalovirus. However, there are several causes of esophagitis seen less frequently by pathologists that are very important to recognize. We discuss unique types of esophageal inflammation, including acute bacterial esophagitis, esophageal manifestations of dermatologic diseases, medication-induced esophageal injury, and sloughing esophagitis; and we review their clinical and histopathologic features.
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- 2018
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