Acute necrotizing esophagitis. Case report].

Acute necrotizing esophagitis, also known as black esophagus, represents an extremely rare clinical entity, defined by the black pigmentation of the esophagus, secondary to necrosis of the mucosa and detected at endoscopy. We present a clinical case of this rare disease, with its manifestation, diagnosis, treatment, and we perform a review of the literature.

Citation

Angel Pierini, Hugo Imhof, Eduardo Burlando, Leonardo Gianinetti, Leandro Pierini. Acute necrotizing esophagitis. Case report]. Acta gastroenterologica Latinoamericana. 2013 Jun;43(2):130-2

PMID: 23940914

search → result