Black esophagus: Report of six cases and review of the literature, 1963-2003

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-110

  Grudell, A B M ^a   Mueller, Paul S ^a   Viggiano, T R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute esophageal necrosis; Black esophagus; Endoscopy; Esophagus

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUCONAZOLE; HEMOGLOBIN; LANSOPRAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RABEPRAZOLE; STEROID; VALACICLOVIR;

ACUTE ESOPHAGUS NECROSIS; ADULT; AGED; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MELENA; NAUSEA; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645144229     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2006.00549.x     Document Type: Review

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