Abstract
This report highlights the easy peeling of the esophageal epithelium with Nikolsky phenomenon after swallowing the foreign body and the healing status of the esophagus only 3 days later in a patient of pemphigus vulgaris.
Highlights
A 73-year-old woman admitted with accidental swallowing of a foreign body
She was diagnosed with pemphigus vulgaris (PV)
There have been no reports of accidental foreign-body swallowing. She was treated with proton-pump inhibitors (PPI)
Summary
A 73-year-old woman admitted with accidental swallowing of a foreign body. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a stuck press through package (PTP) in the pharyngoesophageal junction (Figure 1); during endoscopy, it passed through the esophagus and fell into the stomach by peristalsis. She was diagnosed with pemphigus vulgaris (PV). PV, the most common form of pemphigus, is a rare autoimmune
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