The Black Esophagus: A Rare But Deadly Disease

We present a series of cases of acute esophageal necrosis along with a video demonstration. The video captures a case showing the severity of necrosis of the esophageal mucosa; an orogastric tube easily passed through the esophageal lumen and into the right hemithorax. The series also demonstrates t...

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Autores principales: Shafa, Shervin, Sharma, Neil, Keshishian, Jonathan, Dellon, Evan S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4748191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26958555
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.9
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description We present a series of cases of acute esophageal necrosis along with a video demonstration. The video captures a case showing the severity of necrosis of the esophageal mucosa; an orogastric tube easily passed through the esophageal lumen and into the right hemithorax. The series also demonstrates the severity of this illness, with an associated high mortality rate.
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spelling pubmed-47481912016-03-08 The Black Esophagus: A Rare But Deadly Disease Shafa, Shervin Sharma, Neil Keshishian, Jonathan Dellon, Evan S. ACG Case Rep J Case Report We present a series of cases of acute esophageal necrosis along with a video demonstration. The video captures a case showing the severity of necrosis of the esophageal mucosa; an orogastric tube easily passed through the esophageal lumen and into the right hemithorax. The series also demonstrates the severity of this illness, with an associated high mortality rate. American College of Gastroenterology 2016-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4748191/ /pubmed/26958555 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.9 Text en Copyright © Shafa et al. This is an open-access article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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