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Tacrolimus-Induced Acute Esophageal Necrosis

Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN) has been rarely described and has poorly understood pathophysiology although it is thought to be related to mucosal defense barrier disruption. We report a case of AEN in a 71-year-old patient with clinical signs of gastric outlet obstruction along with anemia and sep...

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Autores principales: Wanta, Kaitlin, Abegunde, Ayokunle T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7535755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33062774
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000396
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Sumario:Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN) has been rarely described and has poorly understood pathophysiology although it is thought to be related to mucosal defense barrier disruption. We report a case of AEN in a 71-year-old patient with clinical signs of gastric outlet obstruction along with anemia and sepsis in the setting of a recent kidney transplant. After failing standard supportive measures, tacrolimus was switched to cyclosporin with overall rapid improvement of AEN and concomitant duodenal ulcerations. This case underscores a possible rare adverse effect of a commonly used immunosuppressant agent that, to our knowledge, has not been specifically reported.