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[Black esophagus associated with hypothermia]
P Cadot1, V Duverger, M Imperato
1Service de chirurgie viscérale, hôpital d'instruction des armées Begin, 69, avenue de Paris, 94160 Saint-Mandé, France.
Annales De Chirurgie
|January 5, 2002
Abstract:
The authors report a clinical case concerning a necrotizing esophagitis following severe hypothermic shock. They recall the usual aetiology of the "black esophagus", emphasize the importance of ischemia and the multispeciality management of this very unfrequent disease.