Acute esophageal necrosis occurring in a patient undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
Hyung-Jin Kwon, Sang-Ho Park, Ji-Hoon Ahn, Tae-Hoon Lee, Chang-Kyun Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2014;29(3):379-382. Published online April 29, 2014
Acute esophageal necrosis is uncommon in the literature. Its etiology is unknown, although cardiovascular disease, hemodynamic compromise, gastric outlet obstruction, alcohol ingestion, hypoxemia, hypercoagulable state, infection, and trauma have all been suggested as possible causes. A 67-year-old ..
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