Black esophagus: acute esophageal necrosis, clinical case and review of literature.

J Surg Case Rep

Unit of General Surgery, Department of Minimally Invasive and General Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Bolognini, Seriate, Bergamo, Italy.

Published: March 2017

Black esophagus is a rare, multifactorial disease. A case of acute black esophagus following pancreatic resection is presented. The patient referred us with a specific gastrointestinal bleeding. An esophagogastroduodenoscopy confirmed the diagnosis. We performed conservative treatment with complete esophageal re-epithelization and negative follow-up for stenosis or necrosis relapse.

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