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Black Esophagus and Recurrence of Duodenal Ulcers: Two Signs of the Same Pathogenic Pathway? A Case Report

  • Daniele Balducci,
  • Claudia Quatraccioni,
  • Luigi Maria Daretti,
  • Michele Montori,
  • Emanuele Bendia,
  • Luca Maroni and
  • Antonio Benedetti

7 August 2023

Black esophagus or acute esophageal necrosis is characterized by circumferential black discoloration of the distal esophageal mucosa. It is a rare condition with a multifactorial pathogenesis, and its most common clinical presentation is acute upper...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
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2 Pages

29 June 2020

Acute esophageal necrosis, also known as black esophagus or acute necrotizing esophagitis is a rare condition with roughly 154 cases reported in the literature. This condition is classically diagnosed on its endoscopic findings of a circumferentially...

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Asymptomatic Esophageal Necrosis in a Patient with Recent COVID-19: The First Case Diagnosed through Autopsy

  • Ionuț Isaia Jeican,
  • Patricia Inișca,
  • Bogdan Alexandru Gheban,
  • Vlad Anton,
  • Costel Vasile Siserman,
  • Codrin Rebeleanu,
  • Maria Aluaș,
  • Carmen Bianca Crivii,
  • Silviu Albu and
  • Veronica Trombitaș

12 January 2023

Acute esophageal necrosis is a rare condition, characterized by a distinctive endoscopic/necropsic image–circumferential black area of the esophagus. This paper presents a case of a 78-year-old patient with recent history of a severe form of CO...