The Black Esophagus

Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN), commonly referred to as black esophagus, is a rare clinical condition resulting from a combination of ischemic insult and thromboembolic injury to the esophagus. It is characterized by the circumferential black appearance of the esophagus. The risk factors for the de...

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Autores principales: Thomas, Mathew, Sostre Santiago, Vanessa, Suhail, Fathima K, Polanco Serra, Guillermo, Manocha, Divey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8583363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34790441
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18655
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author Thomas, Mathew
Sostre Santiago, Vanessa
Suhail, Fathima K
Polanco Serra, Guillermo
Manocha, Divey
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description Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN), commonly referred to as black esophagus, is a rare clinical condition resulting from a combination of ischemic insult and thromboembolic injury to the esophagus. It is characterized by the circumferential black appearance of the esophagus. The risk factors for the development of AEN include coronary artery disease (CAD), diabetes mellitus, hypertension, malignancy, and alcohol use disorder. The treatment is directed at correcting the underlying medical conditions, supportive measures, and gastric acid suppression. We present the case of a 60-year-old female with multiple medical comorbidities who was detected to have a black esophagus during the evaluation of anemia.
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spelling pubmed-85833632021-11-16 The Black Esophagus Thomas, Mathew Sostre Santiago, Vanessa Suhail, Fathima K Polanco Serra, Guillermo Manocha, Divey Cureus Internal Medicine Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN), commonly referred to as black esophagus, is a rare clinical condition resulting from a combination of ischemic insult and thromboembolic injury to the esophagus. It is characterized by the circumferential black appearance of the esophagus. The risk factors for the development of AEN include coronary artery disease (CAD), diabetes mellitus, hypertension, malignancy, and alcohol use disorder. The treatment is directed at correcting the underlying medical conditions, supportive measures, and gastric acid suppression. We present the case of a 60-year-old female with multiple medical comorbidities who was detected to have a black esophagus during the evaluation of anemia. Cureus 2021-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8583363/ /pubmed/34790441 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18655 Text en Copyright © 2021, Thomas et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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