DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2020.v08i03.041

Pages: 406-407

Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN), also known as black oesophagus or necrotizing esophagitis is a very rare clinical disorder characterized by a striking endoscopic image of diffuse, circumferential, black-appearing in the distal esophagus that stops abruptly at the gastroesophageal junction on esophagogastroduodenoscopy, its etiology is likely unclear and multifactorial, Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is The most common presentation, the incidence reported is only 0.2%, the prognostic is poor and more the cases are fatal by comorbidities, We present a new case of acute oesophageal necrosis as a possible complication of cholangitis.