Acute necrosis of oesophagus: clinical case
Keywords:
obstructive jaundice, acute necrosis of oesophagusAbstract
Acute necrosis of oesophagus is a rare disease of unknown
pathogenic mechanism, characterized by black oesophagus at
endoscopy.
The authors report a case of a male, 79-years old, admitted for
obstructive jaundice of three weeks evolution. On the seventh day
of hospital admission the patient had an episode of haematemesis,
with a 3 g/dl drop in haemoglobin and a black oesophagus on esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
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