title: Image of the month. Adherent, yellow exudate speckled with black spots in the distal two thirds of the esophagus. Diagnosis: This distinctive endoscopic image shows an acute necrotizing esophagitis, also known as the black esophagus.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baffy
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Strate
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Krnsky
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008871:Microvilli / Q000473:pathology; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000601:surgery