Nearly all patients with systemic scleroderma will have esophageal disease, and extraesophageal manifestations can appear as mouth ulcers, chronic cough, and recurrent pneumonia, she reported.
Dr. Dohil said she had no relevant conflicts of interest. Her husband owns a patent for a new treatment for eosinophilic esophagitis, but she did not discuss this treatment. SDEF and this news organization are owned by Elsevier.