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Acute esophageal necrosis

MedGen UID:
869106
Concept ID:
C4023524
Pathologic Function
HPO: HP:0011128

Definition

A condition characterized by necrosis of the mucosal and submucosal layers of the esophagus not related to ingestion of caustic or other injurious agents. Endoscopically, there is a dark lesion ('black esophagus') distributed in a circumferential manner in the distal one-third of the esophagus with or without exudates. There is involvement of the distal esophagus ending sharply at the gastroesophageal junction. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAcute esophageal necrosis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Abdullah HM, Ullah W, Abdallah M, Khan U, Hurairah A, Atiq M
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 May;13(5):507-514. Epub 2019 Apr 16 doi: 10.1080/17474124.2019.1601555. PMID: 30933549

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

González Díaz I, Moreno-Sánchez M, Zarauza Soto Y, Burgos Garcia A
Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2023 Nov;115(11):646-647. doi: 10.17235/reed.2022.9217/2022. PMID: 36205331
Colón AR, Kamboj AK, Hagen CE, Rattan P, Coelho-Prabhu N, Buttar NS, Bruining DH, Storm AC, Larson MV, Viggiano TR, Wong Kee Song LM, Wang KK, Iyer PG, Katzka DA, Leggett CL
Mayo Clin Proc 2022 Oct;97(10):1849-1860. Epub 2022 Jun 30 doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2022.03.018. PMID: 35779957
Okamoto T, Suzuki H, Fukuda K
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 Nov 5;100(44):e27672. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000027672. PMID: 34871245Free PMC Article
Kroner PT, Chirila R, Purcarea MR, Tribus L, Wadei HM
J Med Life 2021 Mar-Apr;14(2):284-286. doi: 10.25122/jml-2021-0024. PMID: 34104254Free PMC Article
Abdullah HM, Ullah W, Abdallah M, Khan U, Hurairah A, Atiq M
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 May;13(5):507-514. Epub 2019 Apr 16 doi: 10.1080/17474124.2019.1601555. PMID: 30933549

Diagnosis

Sachar M, Arguetta E, Gurvits GE
Dig Dis Sci 2023 May;68(5):1672-1676. Epub 2023 Mar 24 doi: 10.1007/s10620-023-07869-6. PMID: 36961671
Selvaggi F, Cichella A, Aceto GM, Innocenti P, Cotellese R
Ann Ital Chir 2022;93:656-662. PMID: 36625078
Rodrigues BD, Dos Santos R, da Luz MM, Chaves E Silva F, Reis IG
Clin J Gastroenterol 2016 Dec;9(6):341-344. Epub 2016 Oct 11 doi: 10.1007/s12328-016-0692-1. PMID: 27730597
Calabrese C, Liguori G
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2011 Jul;9(7):A30. Epub 2011 Feb 17 doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2011.02.012. PMID: 21334462
Gurvits GE
World J Gastroenterol 2010 Jul 14;16(26):3219-25. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i26.3219. PMID: 20614476Free PMC Article

Therapy

Figuero Pérez L, Olivares-Hernández A, Amores-Martín A, Cruz-Hernández JJ, Fonseca-Sánchez E
Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2022 Mar;114(3):182-183. doi: 10.17235/reed.2021.8418/2021. PMID: 34781684
Kroner PT, Chirila R, Purcarea MR, Tribus L, Wadei HM
J Med Life 2021 Mar-Apr;14(2):284-286. doi: 10.25122/jml-2021-0024. PMID: 34104254Free PMC Article
Siddiqi A, Chaudhary FS, Naqvi HA, Saleh N, Farooqi R, Yousaf MN
BMJ Open Gastroenterol 2020 Aug;7(1) doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2020-000466. PMID: 32788199Free PMC Article
Akhtar J, Gorantla VK, Snell PD, Wall BM
Clin Nephrol 2019 Jan;91(1):48-51. doi: 10.5414/CN109470. PMID: 30415652
McLaughlin CW, Person TD, Denlinger CE
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011 Mar;141(3):e23-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.12.001. PMID: 21335118

Prognosis

Okamoto T, Suzuki H, Fukuda K
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 Nov 5;100(44):e27672. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000027672. PMID: 34871245Free PMC Article
Siddiqi A, Chaudhary FS, Naqvi HA, Saleh N, Farooqi R, Yousaf MN
BMJ Open Gastroenterol 2020 Aug;7(1) doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2020-000466. PMID: 32788199Free PMC Article
Akhtar J, Gorantla VK, Snell PD, Wall BM
Clin Nephrol 2019 Jan;91(1):48-51. doi: 10.5414/CN109470. PMID: 30415652
Lahbabi M, Ibrahimi A, Aqodad N
Pan Afr Med J 2013;14:109. Epub 2013 Mar 19 doi: 10.11604/pamj.2013.14.109.2000. PMID: 23717723Free PMC Article
Gurvits GE
World J Gastroenterol 2010 Jul 14;16(26):3219-25. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i26.3219. PMID: 20614476Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Colón AR, Kamboj AK, Hagen CE, Rattan P, Coelho-Prabhu N, Buttar NS, Bruining DH, Storm AC, Larson MV, Viggiano TR, Wong Kee Song LM, Wang KK, Iyer PG, Katzka DA, Leggett CL
Mayo Clin Proc 2022 Oct;97(10):1849-1860. Epub 2022 Jun 30 doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2022.03.018. PMID: 35779957
Okamoto T, Suzuki H, Fukuda K
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 Nov 5;100(44):e27672. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000027672. PMID: 34871245Free PMC Article
Tanaka S, Fujishiro M, Ichijima R, Kohno G, Abe M, Ishihara H
J Diabetes Investig 2020 Jan;11(1):250-252. Epub 2019 Jul 9 doi: 10.1111/jdi.13104. PMID: 31218806Free PMC Article
Loghmari MH, Ben Mansour W, Guediche A, Bouhlel W, Gahbiche M, Safer L
Tunis Med 2018 Feb;96(2):142-147. PMID: 30324980
Burtally A, Gregoire P
Can J Gastroenterol 2007 Apr;21(4):245-7. doi: 10.1155/2007/920716. PMID: 17431514Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Abdullah HM, Ullah W, Abdallah M, Khan U, Hurairah A, Atiq M
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 May;13(5):507-514. Epub 2019 Apr 16 doi: 10.1080/17474124.2019.1601555. PMID: 30933549

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