A Patient with Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Herpes Simplex Esophagitis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Hemnishil K Marella; Jiten P Kothadia; Nasir Saleem; Bilal Ali; Yousef Abdel-Aziz; Vamsee Mupparaju; Twisha Oza; Abdallah Azouz; Colin W Howden

doi:10.1155/2021/5519635

A Patient with Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Herpes Simplex Esophagitis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Case Rep Gastrointest Med. 2021 May 25:2021:5519635. doi: 10.1155/2021/5519635. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Hemnishil K Marella¹, Jiten P Kothadia¹, Nasir Saleem¹, Bilal Ali¹, Yousef Abdel-Aziz¹, Vamsee Mupparaju², Twisha Oza³, Abdallah Azouz³, Colin W Howden¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38104, USA.
² Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN 38104, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38104, USA.

Abstract

Acute herpes simplex esophagitis (HSE) is common in immunocompromised patients. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is characterized by immune-mediated eosinophil-predominant esophageal inflammation. We report a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection who presented with dysphagia and odynophagia and was found to have HSE and EoE. The combination of these two relatively rare conditions suggests possible predisposition.

Publication types

Case Reports