Epigastric pain associated with herpes esophagitis: case report

Herpes esophagitis is uncommon disease caused by Herpes simplex virus (HSV). While the disease most often occurs in immunocompromised patients, including post-chemotherapy, immunosuppression with organ transplants, and in AIDS, Herpes esophagitis can also occur in immunocompetent individuals. Althou...

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Published in:BMC infectious diseases 2020-10, Vol.20 (1), p.1-754, Article 754
Main Authors: Antaki, Nabil, Aljarad, Ziad, Dabbas, Howayda, Haddad, Walid, Akil, M. Amin, Tarabishi, Ahmad Sankari
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biopsy
Blood tests
Cancer therapies
Case Report
Case reports
Chemotherapy
Diagnosis
Dysphagia
Endoscopy
Esophagitis
Esophagus
Hemoglobin
Herpes
Herpes simplex
Herpes viruses
Herpesvirus infections
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Immunocompromised hosts
Immunosuppression
Immunotherapy
Infections
Infectious diseases
Internal medicine
Lymphoma
Lymphomas
Medical research
Medicine
Organ transplantation
Pain
Pancreatitis
Patients
Phosphatase
Radiation therapy
Signs and symptoms
Transplants
Ulcers
Valacyclovir
Viral infections
Viruses
Vomiting
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Summary:Herpes esophagitis is uncommon disease caused by Herpes simplex virus (HSV). While the disease most often occurs in immunocompromised patients, including post-chemotherapy, immunosuppression with organ transplants, and in AIDS, Herpes esophagitis can also occur in immunocompetent individuals. Although there are few published cases of Herpes esophagitis disease in the medical literature, we recommend that this disease should be considered as one of the differential diagnoses when assessing immuno-compromised patients presenting with non-specific abdominal symptoms.
ISSN:1471-2334
1471-2334
DOI:10.1186/s12879-020-05487-5