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Esophageal manifestations of dermatologic disease

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This review describes those skin conditions, or conditions where skin involvement is a prominent feature, that may present with esophageal manifestations. These conditions have been categorized in many different ways. For the purposes of this review, esophageal manifestations of skin conditions are classified as bullous diseases, hyperkeratotic diseases, collagen vascular diseases, syndromes associated with cancer, and miscellaneous diseases.

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Wise, J.L., Murray, J.A. Esophageal manifestations of dermatologic disease. Curr Gastroenterol Rep 4, 205–212 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11894-002-0064-5

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