Case reports of patients with diabetes
One recent case report described bullous pemphigoid while another described black esophagus.
Two case reports published by Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases on Nov. 5 described patients with diabetes.
In one case, an 81-year-old man with type 2 diabetes was admitted to a hospital with a chief symptom of “worsening rash and falls.” He was eventually diagnosed with bullous pemphigoid, believed to be triggered by sitagliptin.
The other case described a 69-year-old man with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes who was found to have black esophagus, also known as acute esophageal necrosis and Gurvits syndrome, a rare condition characterized by a striking endoscopic appearance of diffuse black discoloration of the esophageal mucosa.