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[Black esophagus. Three new cases]
J Y Robert1, J L Raoul, J F Bretagne
1Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional de Pontchaillou, Rennes.
Gastroenterologie Clinique Et Biologique
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
We report three cases of "black esophagus" defined as a diffuse or patchy black color of the esophagus on endoscopy, associated with mucosa necrosis at histologic examination. Ischemia was invocated in two cases and alcaline reflux seemed to be likely in the third case. These observations are compared with the seven others cases previously reported in the literature.