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Acute esophageal necrosis: A new case

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Hellenic Journal of Surgery

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Acute esophageal necrosis is an uncommon clinical entity. It is diagnosed with upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with the presence of strikingly black necrotic esophagus. Very often no definite etiology is identified, even though a large list of potential associations has been postulated. His treatment is primarily medical. A high mortality is usually related to the underlying medical co-morbidities and diseases. We report a case of acute esophageal necrosis occurring in a patient undergoing Fournier’s gangrene intervention.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Habib Bougatfa Hospital, Bizerte, Tunisia

    Wissem Triki, M. Moussa, O. Karray, A. Itami, O. Baraket & S. Bouchoucha

  2. Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia

    Wissem Triki, M. Moussa, O. Karray, A. Itami, O. Baraket & S. Bouchoucha

  3. Service de Chirurgie Générale, CHU Habib Bougatfa, Bizerte, 7000, Tunisie

    Wissem Triki

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Triki, W., Moussa, M., Karray, O. et al. Acute esophageal necrosis: A new case. Hellenic J Surg 89, 43–44 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13126-017-0378-2

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