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A case of coffee-ground emesis in an elderly patient

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Black esophagus is an exceeding rare disorder with a multifactorial etiology. Clinical presentation is generally related to upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Diagnosis is based on endoscopic images. Overall mortality is largely related to the underlying medical condition.

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Autores principales: De Palma, Giovanni D, Persico, Marcello, Forestieri, Pietro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25356232
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.45
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spelling pubmed-41847692014-10-29 A case of coffee-ground emesis in an elderly patient De Palma, Giovanni D Persico, Marcello Forestieri, Pietro Clin Case Rep Clinical Image KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Black esophagus is an exceeding rare disorder with a multifactorial etiology. Clinical presentation is generally related to upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Diagnosis is based on endoscopic images. Overall mortality is largely related to the underlying medical condition. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014-02 2013-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4184769/ /pubmed/25356232 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.45 Text en © 2013 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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