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Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract pp 144–146Cite as

Collagen Vascular Disorders, Esophagus

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Collagen diseases, esophagus; Connective tissue diseases, esophagus

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Collagen vascular disorders include some multisystem diseases of unknown etiology associated with autoimmunity.

In Collagen vascular disorders, the involvement of the esophagus varies widely accordingly to the particular disease.

In these diseases the esophagus involvement is more important in scleroderma (see Scleroderma, esophageal), dermatomyositis/polymyositis (DM/PM), mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), and Sjogren syndrome (SS).

In rheumatoid arthritis (RA) esophagus disease (esophagitis, ulcers, candidal esophagitis) may occur in consequence of the use of drugs like nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, steroids, and immunosuppressors. Esophagus involvement is not frequent in SLE (less than 5%), but some patients complain of dysphagia as a result of dysmotility; many of these patients also present Raynaud’s phenomenon. In SLE dysphagia may also be caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease...

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  • Carsons, S. (2009). Sjogren’s syndrome. In G. S. Firestein, R. C. Budd, E. D. Harris, I. B. McInnes, S. Ruddy, & J. S. Sergent (Eds.), Kelley’s textbook of rheumatology (pp. 1149–1168). Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

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  • Nagaraju, K., & Lundberg, I. E. (2009). Inflammatory diseases of muscle and other myopathies. In G. S. Firestein, R. C. Budd, E. D. Harris, I. B. McInnes, S. Ruddy, & J. S. Sergent (Eds.), Kelley’s textbook of rheumatology (pp. 1149–1168). Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

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  • Sheldon, J. (2004). Laboratory testing in autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Best Practice & Research. Clinical Rheumatology, 18(3), 249–269.

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  1. Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital de S. Maria, Av. Professor Egas Moniz, 1600-190, Lisbon, Portugal

    J. Alberto Pereira da Silva

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  1. J. Alberto Pereira da Silva
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  1. Faculty of Medicine of Porto University, Centro Hospitalar São João and Ipatimup/i3S, Porto, Portugal

    Fátima Carneiro

  2. Serviço de Anatomia Patológica, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa de Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal

    Paula Chaves

  3. Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

    Paula Chaves

  4. Department of Pathology, Ankara University Medical School, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

    Arzu Ensari

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da Silva, J.A.P. (2017). Collagen Vascular Disorders, Esophagus. In: Carneiro, F., Chaves, P., Ensari, A. (eds) Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40560-5_1573

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