Year 2017 / Volume 109 / Number 8
Letter to the Editor
Idiopathic esophageal ulcer as an initial manifestation of HIV infection

596-597

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2017.5135/2017

Alicia Martín-Lagos Maldonado, Julio Guilarte López-Mañas, Alberto Benavente Fernández,

Abstract
The esophageal ulcer us a common complication in people affected by the acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), especially in the final stages and in patients who develop an acute retroviral syndrome. Although, it can be caused by various infectious agents, such as species of candida, cytomegalovirus (CMV) and herpes simplex virus (HSV), no aetiological agent is successfully identified in a large proportion of patients and it is classified as idiopathic. We report the case of an idiopathic esophageal ulcer associated with the initial diagnosis of HIV-1.
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Martín-Lagos Maldonado A, Guilarte López-Mañas J, Benavente Fernández A. Idiopathic esophageal ulcer as an initial manifestation of HIV infection. 5135/2017


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Publication history

Accepted: 21/06/2017

Online First: 26/06/2017

Published: 31/07/2017


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