Acute esophageal necrosis (black esophagus): a case report and literature review

Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN), also reported as “black esophagus” or “acute necrotizing esophagitis,” rarely as “esophageal infarction,” is a condition first described in 1990 by Goldenberg, and later better characterized by Gurvits, and so named as “Gurvits’s syndrome.” It has a typical endoscopi...

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Published in:Acta diabetologica 2017-11, Vol.54 (11), p.1061-1063
Main Authors: Manno, Valerio, Lentini, Nicola, Chirico, Antonio, Perticone, Maria, Anastasio, Luigi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case Report
Case reports
Comorbidity
Diabetes
Esophagus
Gangrene
Internal Medicine
Literature reviews
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Necrosis
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Summary:Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN), also reported as “black esophagus” or “acute necrotizing esophagitis,” rarely as “esophageal infarction,” is a condition first described in 1990 by Goldenberg, and later better characterized by Gurvits, and so named as “Gurvits’s syndrome.” It has a typical endoscopic aspect and is almost invariably associated with severe clinical conditions and serious comorbidities.
ISSN:0940-5429
1432-5233
DOI:10.1007/s00592-017-1028-4