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Case Reports
. 1996 Nov;91(11):2432-4.

"Black esophagus": a rare complication of shock

Y S Haviv  1 , C Reinus, J Zimmerman
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  • PMID: 8931435
Case Reports

"Black esophagus": a rare complication of shock

Y S Haviv et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 1996 Nov.

Abstract

An 83-yr-old man was admitted to our hospital in a state of shock. Twenty four hours after his admission, he started to pass fresh blood from his nasogastric tube. Upper endoscopy revealed diffuse, confluent blackening of the esophageal mucosa. A repeated endoscopy, after hemodynamic stabilization, demonstrated a striking improvement with granulation tissue. Caustic injury and viral or fungal infections were ruled out by history, clinical features, and appropriate tests. We suggest that in this elderly patient, a state of shock resulted in ischemic infarction of the esophageal mucosa.

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  • Re: black esophagus.
    Macedo G, Correia A, Maia J, Ribeiro T. Macedo G, et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 1998 May;93(5):855-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.855a_a.x. Am J Gastroenterol. 1998. PMID: 9625160 No abstract available.

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