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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
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
Worrell SG, Oh DS, Greene CL, DeMeester SR, Hagen JA
Ann Thorac Surg 2014 Jul;98(1):341-2. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.023. PMID: 24996722

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
Stanko K, Dilmaghani S, Storm A
Mayo Clin Proc 2023 Jan;98(1):21-22. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2022.09.004. PMID: 36603954
Deliwala SS, Gurvits GE
Am J Gastroenterol 2021 Oct 1;116(10):1977. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001207. PMID: 33661144
Ribeiro IB, Luz GO, de Souza GMV, Boghossian MB, do Monte Junior ES, Dos Santos MEL, de Moura EGH
Endoscopy 2021 Dec;53(12):E468-E469. Epub 2021 Feb 4 doi: 10.1055/a-1346-8343. PMID: 33540443
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

Therapy

Deliwala SS, Gurvits GE
Am J Gastroenterol 2021 Oct 1;116(10):1977. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001207. PMID: 33661144
Haghbayan H, Sarker AK, Coomes EA
CMAJ 2018 Sep 4;190(35):E1049. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.180378. PMID: 30181152Free PMC Article
Sharma V, De A, Ahuja A, Lamoria S, Lamba BM
J Emerg Med 2016 Jul;51(1):77-9. Epub 2016 May 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2016.04.005. PMID: 27221020
Efthymakis K, Massacesi C, Milano A, Laterza F, Tafuri E, Cipollone F, Neri M
Endoscopy 2014;46 Suppl 1 UCTN:E279-80. Epub 2014 Jun 6 doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1365789. PMID: 24906100
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

Dias E, Santos-Antunes J, Rodrigues-Pinto E, Marques M, Liberal R, Coelho R, Ramalho R, Gaspar R, Macedo G
Acta Gastroenterol Belg 2022 Jan-Mar;85(1):97-101. doi: 10.51821/85.1.9793. PMID: 35305000
Okamoto T, Suzuki H, Fukuda K
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 Nov 5;100(44):e27672. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000027672. PMID: 34871245Free PMC Article
Kim SM, Song KH, Kang SH, Moon HS, Sung JK, Kim SH, Kim KB, Lee SW, Cho YS, Bang KB
Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Oct;98(41):e17511. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000017511. PMID: 31593121Free PMC Article
Worrell SG, Oh DS, Greene CL, DeMeester SR, Hagen JA
Ann Thorac Surg 2014 Jul;98(1):341-2. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.023. PMID: 24996722
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

Passanisi S, Salzano G, Basile P, Bombaci B, Caime F, Rulli I, Valenzise M, Gitto E, Lombardo F
Ital J Pediatr 2023 May 20;49(1):58. doi: 10.1186/s13052-023-01448-1. PMID: 37210518Free PMC Article
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
Kwon HJ, Park SH, Ahn JH, Lee TH, Lee CK
Korean J Intern Med 2014 May;29(3):379-82. Epub 2014 Apr 29 doi: 10.3904/kjim.2014.29.3.379. PMID: 24851074Free 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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