Servicios Personalizados
Revista
Articulo
Indicadores
- Citado por SciELO
- Accesos
Links relacionados
- Citado por Google
- Similares en SciELO
- Similares en Google
Compartir
Iatreia
versión impresa ISSN 0121-0793
Resumen
RAMIREZ-QUINTERO, Juan David; BERNAL-SIERRA, Elisa y GOMEZ-RUEDA, Narly Viviana. Acute esophageal necrosis, black esophagus: a case report. Iatreia [online]. 2016, vol.29, n.4, pp.493-497. ISSN 0121-0793. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iatreia.v29n4a11.
Acute esophageal necrosis, or black esophagus, is a rare syndrome affecting sick elderly patients, with high mortality rate. Its clinical expression is gastrointestinal bleeding. Treatment includes hemodynamic support, nil-per-os, proton pump inhibitors and management of the coexisting clinical conditions. We report the case of a woman presenting with black esophagus as complication of a percutaneous gastrostomy, who received medical care at Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, in Medellín, Colombia.
Palabras clave : Endoscopy; Digestive System; Esophageal Diseases; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage; Gastrostomy.