“Black Esophagus” or Gurvits Syndrome: A Rare Complication of Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN) also known as “black esophagus” or necrotizing esophagitis is a rare syndrome characterized by a striking diffuse patchy or circumferential black appearance of the esophageal mucosa that preferentially affects the distal esophagus and terminates at the gastroesophagea...
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| author | Vivek Choksi Kairavee Dave Rulz Cantave Sameer Shaharyar Jeevan Joseph Uday Shankar Steven Kaplan Hamid Feiz |
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| description | Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN) also known as “black esophagus” or necrotizing esophagitis is a rare syndrome characterized by a striking diffuse patchy or circumferential black appearance of the esophageal mucosa that preferentially affects the distal esophagus and terminates at the gastroesophageal junction. Only 88 patients over a span of 40 years have received this diagnosis, and the prevalence of this disease ranges from 0.001 to 0.2% of cases in literature. It more commonly affects men (4 : 1 ratio) in the sixth decade of life. It is associated with a high mortality rate, approaching 32%. We report a case of AEN presenting in the setting of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), affecting both the proximal and distal esophagus. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f2a9966a1e654ab79507c081ac912e3f2025-02-03T01:21:29ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362017-01-01201710.1155/2017/48157524815752“Black Esophagus” or Gurvits Syndrome: A Rare Complication of Diabetic KetoacidosisVivek Choksi0Kairavee Dave1Rulz Cantave2Sameer Shaharyar3Jeevan Joseph4Uday Shankar5Steven Kaplan6Hamid Feiz7Aventura Hospital & Medical Center, Aventura, FL, USAAventura Hospital & Medical Center, Aventura, FL, USAAventura Hospital & Medical Center, Aventura, FL, USAAventura Hospital & Medical Center, Aventura, FL, USAAventura Hospital & Medical Center, Aventura, FL, USAAventura Hospital & Medical Center, Aventura, FL, USAAventura Hospital & Medical Center, Aventura, FL, USAAventura Hospital & Medical Center, Aventura, FL, USAAcute esophageal necrosis (AEN) also known as “black esophagus” or necrotizing esophagitis is a rare syndrome characterized by a striking diffuse patchy or circumferential black appearance of the esophageal mucosa that preferentially affects the distal esophagus and terminates at the gastroesophageal junction. Only 88 patients over a span of 40 years have received this diagnosis, and the prevalence of this disease ranges from 0.001 to 0.2% of cases in literature. It more commonly affects men (4 : 1 ratio) in the sixth decade of life. It is associated with a high mortality rate, approaching 32%. We report a case of AEN presenting in the setting of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), affecting both the proximal and distal esophagus.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4815752 |
| spellingShingle | Vivek Choksi Kairavee Dave Rulz Cantave Sameer Shaharyar Jeevan Joseph Uday Shankar Steven Kaplan Hamid Feiz “Black Esophagus” or Gurvits Syndrome: A Rare Complication of Diabetic Ketoacidosis Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | “Black Esophagus” or Gurvits Syndrome: A Rare Complication of Diabetic Ketoacidosis |
| title_full | “Black Esophagus” or Gurvits Syndrome: A Rare Complication of Diabetic Ketoacidosis |
| title_fullStr | “Black Esophagus” or Gurvits Syndrome: A Rare Complication of Diabetic Ketoacidosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Black Esophagus” or Gurvits Syndrome: A Rare Complication of Diabetic Ketoacidosis |
| title_short | “Black Esophagus” or Gurvits Syndrome: A Rare Complication of Diabetic Ketoacidosis |
| title_sort | black esophagus or gurvits syndrome a rare complication of diabetic ketoacidosis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4815752 |
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