[Black esophagus due to acute necrotizing esophagitis: report of one case].
Acute esophageal necrosis, which presents as a black esophagus on endoscope, is an uncommon occurrence. It is defined as a dark pigmentation of the esophagus associated with histological mucosal necrosis. We report a 75-year-old man who developed black esophagus due to acute esophageal necrosis caused by septicemia. The patient had a favorable evolution.
Wallberg
Martin E
ME
Clínica Médica, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Young
Pablo
P
Finn
Bárbara C
BC
Thomé
Marcelo
M
Chueco
Andrea A
AA
Villarejo
Fernando
F
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis / Q000473:pathology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed