"Oesophagitis in HIV patients with low CD4 counts is usually caused by an infectious aetiology, such as cytomegalovirus (CMV), Herpes virus or Candida. However, there are cases where the aetiology is not identified in cultures, electron microscopy, or immunohistochemical tests. In these cases, HIV itself has been proposed to be aetiology."
"Herpes oesophagitis"
"Candida oesophagitis"
"Oesophageal biopsy shows an inflammatory reaction at the level of the ulcer with negative PAS and immunohistochemical tests for CMV and Herpesvirus 4. Idiopathic oesophagitis of HIV is a diagnosis of exclusion."
"Herpes oesophagitis"
Expected headings
"Fluoroscopy / barium studies"
"Principal clinical presentation is odynophagia, dysphagia or retrosternal chest pain."
"Usually presents as an oval or diamond-shaped flat giant oesophageal ulcer, with or without small satellite ulcers. Double-contrast oesophagogram may show oedema represented as a peripheral radiolucent rim."