The Black Esophagus in the Renal Transplant Patient

Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN) is an uncommon disease characterized by gastrointestinal bleeding and endoscopic findings of circumferential black-colored necrosis of the distal esophagus. Patients at risk include elderly males over the age of 65, who typically have multiple chronic medical issues i...

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Autores principales: Yu, Michael Andrew, Mulki, Ramzi, Massaad, Julia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6683813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31428486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5085670
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description Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN) is an uncommon disease characterized by gastrointestinal bleeding and endoscopic findings of circumferential black-colored necrosis of the distal esophagus. Patients at risk include elderly males over the age of 65, who typically have multiple chronic medical issues including vascular disease and diabetes. Mortality is reported to be 32%. Here, we present a case of AEN in a renal transplant patient and describe potential inciting factors such as immunosuppression and opportunistic diseases.
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spelling pubmed-66838132019-08-19 The Black Esophagus in the Renal Transplant Patient Yu, Michael Andrew Mulki, Ramzi Massaad, Julia Case Rep Nephrol Case Report Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN) is an uncommon disease characterized by gastrointestinal bleeding and endoscopic findings of circumferential black-colored necrosis of the distal esophagus. Patients at risk include elderly males over the age of 65, who typically have multiple chronic medical issues including vascular disease and diabetes. Mortality is reported to be 32%. Here, we present a case of AEN in a renal transplant patient and describe potential inciting factors such as immunosuppression and opportunistic diseases. Hindawi 2019-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6683813/ /pubmed/31428486 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5085670 Text en Copyright © 2019 Michael Andrew Yu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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