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→Cytomegalovirus esophagitis
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*[[AKA]] [[CMV]] esophagitis. | *[[AKA]] [[CMV]] esophagitis. | ||
Microscopic: | |||
*Classically at the base of the ulcer; within endothelial cells - '''key point'''. | *Classically at the base of the ulcer; within endothelial cells - '''key point'''. | ||
Note: | |||
*Biopsying the the base of an ulcer usually just yields (non-diagnostic) necrotic debris; so, clinicians are told to biopsy the edge of the lesion. A suspected CMV infection is the exception to this rule! | |||
===Herpes esophagitis=== | ===Herpes esophagitis=== | ||