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28 June 2021: Articles

Sudden Esophageal Necrosis and Mediastinitis Associated with Invasive Candidiasis: A Case Report

Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Unusual setting of medical care, Rare disease

Maria J. Riascos A , Fredy A. Watts-Pajaro A , Francisco L. Uribe-Buritica A* , José J. Serna A , Oscar Rojas A , Virginia Zarama Cordoba A

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.928394

Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e928394

Figure 3. Extensive esophageal necrosis from the cricopharyngeal muscle to the esophagealgastric junction transmurally at 30 cm, with a perforation of approximately 15 mm at 35 cm, as well as a normal stomach and diffuse severe ulceration and duodenitis of the bulb.

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923