COVID-19-induced Esophageal Necrosis Requiring Emergent Total Esophagectomy in a Vaccinated Patient.
esophagus/foregut
thoracic surgery
Journal
The American surgeon
ISSN: 1555-9823
Titre abrégé: Am Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0370522
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2023
Nov 2023
Historique:
medline:
6
12
2023
pubmed:
9
6
2023
entrez:
9
6
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Acute esophageal necrosis may be a potential complication of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). COVID-19 has been associated with a variety of sequelae, including acute respiratory distress syndrome, myocarditis, and thromboembolic events. Here, we present a case of a 43-year-old male who was admitted for acute necrotizing pancreatitis and found to have COVID-19 pneumonia. He subsequently developed acute esophageal necrosis requiring a total esophagectomy. Currently, there are at least five other reported cases of esophageal necrosis with concomitant COVID-19 infection. This case is the first requiring esophagectomy. Future studies may establish esophageal necrosis as a known complication of COVID-19.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37295021
doi: 10.1177/00031348231183125
pmc: PMC10261947
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
4999-5001Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.