Kohei Kanamori, Kazuo Koyanagi, Kenji Nakamura, Kazuhito Nabeshima, Akihito Kazuno, Miho Yamamoto, Yamato Ninomiya, Yoshiaki Shoji, Tadashi Higuchi, Kentaro Yatabe, Mika Ogimi, Kohei Tajima, Kazuhito Hatanaka, Naoya Nakamura, Masaki Mori
Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN) is a rare disease characterized by the appearance of diffuse black mucosa on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy; the condition often progresses to esophageal stenosis in the chronic phase. A 70-year-old man was admitted to a neighborhood hospital with the diagnosis of alcoholic ketoacidosis and an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy performed to investigate the symptom of esophageal tightness revealed AEN. The patient developed esophageal stenosis with scarring in the chronic phase and was referred to our hospital for surgery 6 months after the diagnosis of AEN...
January 5, 2023: Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery