"Black Esophagus" or Gurvits Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Black esophagus, also called Gurvits syndrome or acute esophageal necrosis (AEN), is a rare, life-threatening condition characterized by necrosis of the esophageal mucosa. We present a 36-year-old man who presented with hematemesis and was admitted for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) management. He then...

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Autores principales: Jaber, Fouad, Alsakarneh, Saqr, Sripada, Sruthi, Gaur, Rishabh, Rajab, Rawan, Mohamed, Islam, Sanders, Kimberly, Ghoz, Hassan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10019910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36938273
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34989

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10019910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36938273
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34989

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