Acute necrosis of oesophagus.

• Author(s): Araújo, Ricardo ; Castanheira, António ; Machado, Joana ; Ramalho, Ana ; Cancela, Eugénia ; Ministro, Paula ; Silva, Américo
• Date: 2011
• Origin: Acta Médica Portuguesa
• Document Type: Article
• Language: Portuguese

Description

Acute esophageal necrosis is a very rare pathological entity, first described in 1990 by Goldenberg. The authors report the case of a patient of 79 years of age with this disease. The etiology of this type of esophageal injury is not yet well defined and has a reported mortality between 33 and 50% . We present this case by the rarity of the disease and the exuberance of endoscopic images in demonstration of this type of injury. Acute esophageal necrosis is a very rare pathological entity, first described in 1990 by Goldenberg. The authors report the case of a patient of 79 years of age with this disease. The etiology of this type of esophageal injury is not yet well defined and has a reported mortality between 33 and 50% . We present this case by the rarity of the disease and the exuberance of endoscopic images in demonstration of this type of injury.