Herpes simplex esophagitis
Autor: | Rana Al-Zahrani, Sara Al-Qahtani, Sameer Bahkali, Hajer Al-Zahrani |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test Erythema business.industry Esophagogastroduodenoscopy medicine.medical_treatment lcsh:R lcsh:Medicine herpes simplex virus infection Immunosuppression Famciclovir General Medicine medicine.disease Dysphagia Gastroenterology Surgery Prednisone Internal medicine medicine medicine.symptom business Herpes simplex esophagitis Odynophagia Esophagitis medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Italian Journal of Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 4, Pp 413-414 (2017) |
ISSN: | 1877-9352 1877-9344 |
Popis: | One of the well-known complications of immunosuppression is herpes simplex esophagitis and It is rarely found in immunocompetent patients. We present a case of 75-year-old female known case of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and dyslipidemia with two months’ history of dysphagia and odynophagia to solid mainly and cough tinged with blood. On esophagogastroduodenoscopy there was right side of oropharynx ulcer, edema and focal erythema with compression on the esophageal entrance. Biopsy confirmed esophagitis and findings characteristic of herpes simplex virus infection. After the diagnosis was made, the patient was treated with prednisone for 10 days and famciclovir for 14 days and showed significant improvement in period of nearly 2 weeks. We recommend antiviral treatment even for immunocompetent patients for the clear acceleration of the recovery time and prevention of possible complications. |
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