PMC3664870_01
Endoscopic view showing of the upper third of the esophagus, which is circumferentially congestive associated with diffuse bleeding
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After hemodynamic stabilization, an oesophageo-gastro-duodenoscopy was performed which showed: The upper third of the esophagus was circumferentially congestive (Figure 1), but the middle and lower third showed circumferential black pigmentation: the mucosa was black and covered by an exudate of the same color associated with diffuse bleeding (Figure 2).
Endoscopic view showing of the middle and lower third of the esophagus, which had circumferentially black pigmentation: the mucosa was black and covered by an exudate of the same color
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After hemodynamic stabilization, an oesophageo-gastro-duodenoscopy was performed which showed: The upper third of the esophagus was circumferentially congestive (Figure 1), but the middle and lower third showed circumferential black pigmentation: the mucosa was black and covered by an exudate of the same color associated with diffuse bleeding (Figure 2).