An Ominous Cause of Hematemesis

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An Ominous Cause of Hematemesis Abhijai Singh, MD, Samaher Hashim, MD, Preetam Bollampally, MBBS, Mariann Padron Gleich, MD The American Journal of Medicine Volume 129, Issue 10, Pages e241-e242 (October 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.05.030 Copyright © 2016 Terms and Conditions

Figure (A) Upper endoscopy on admission revealing acute necrotizing esophagitis with sloughing and darkening of the mucosa. (B) Follow-up upper endoscopy demonstrating partially healing esophagitis with no sloughing. (C) Low and high power microscopy revealing fibrinopurulent exudate and granulation tissue. The American Journal of Medicine 2016 129, e241-e242DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.05.030) Copyright © 2016 Terms and Conditions