Pathology image of the month. Black esophagus detected at autopsy in a patient with abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea. DIAGNOSIS: Acute esophageal necrosis, ischemic and pseudomembranous colitis.

Tsao, Christin; Thomas, Louise; McGoey, Robin R

Tsao, Christin; Thomas, Louise; McGoey, Robin R.

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Tsao C; Department of Pathology at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans.
Thomas L; University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
McGoey RR; Department of Pathology at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans.

J La State Med Soc ; 166(4): 188-90, 2014.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25311465

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Abdominal Pain; Colitis, Ischemic/diagnosis; Diarrhea/complications; Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous/diagnosis; Esophagus/pathology; Acute Disease; Aged; Autopsy; Clostridioides difficile/isolation & purification; Colitis, Ischemic/etiology; Colonoscopy; Diarrhea/blood; Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous/microbiology; Humans; Male

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Abdominal Pain / Colitis, Ischemic / Diarrhea / Esophagus Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies Limits: Aged / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: J La State Med Soc Year: 2014 Type: Article

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