title: [Acute necrosis of oesophagus].
abstract: Acute esophageal necrosis is a very rare pathological entity, first described in 1990 by Goldenberg. The authors report the case of a patient of 79 years of age with this disease. The etiology of this type of esophageal injury is not yet well defined and has a reported mortality between 33 and 50% . We present this case by the rarity of the disease and the exuberance of endoscopic images in demonstration of this type of injury.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Gastrenterologia, Hospital S. Teotónio, Viseu, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: António
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castanheira
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramalho
authors.forename: Eugénia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cancela
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ministro
authors.forename: Américo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis