Table 1

Case studies with acute esophageal necrosis due to active alcohol drinking

Study	Year	Age	Sex	Presenting symptoms	Predisposing factors	Amount of alcohol consumption	Treatment*	Outcome
Siddiqi et al Current case	2020	56	Female	Vomiting, abdominal pain	Alcohol drinking, DM, GERD	8–10 beers daily	PPI	Alive
Ullah et al16	2018	50	Male	Hematemesis, unresponsive	Alcohol abuse, hypertension, CAD, GERD	4 beers daily	PPI	Died
Sharma et al10	2017	32	Male	Hematemesis	Alcohol abuse	Binge drinking	PPI	Alive
Shah et al11	2017	66	Female	Unresponsive	Alcohol abuse	Daily 1–2 pints of hard liquor	NA	Died
Cameron and Schweiger14	2017	62	Male	Unresponsive	Alcohol abuse, CAD, DM, hypertension	NA	PPI, sucralfate, TPN	Alive
Brar et al15	2017	59	Female	Unresponsive, vomiting, hypovolemic shock	Alcohol abuse, depression	NA	PPI, octreotide	Alive
Hong et al8	2008	85	Male	Hematemesis	Alcohol abuse, DM, hypertension, gastric ulcer	NA	PPI, TPN	Alive
Endo et al9	2005	41	Male	Epigastric pain, hematemesis	Alcohol-induced liver injury	1.8 L of distilled spirits	H2 blocker, TPN	Alive
Yamauchi et al13	2005	60	Male	Hematemesis	Alcohol abuse	900 mL of distilled spirits	PPI	Alive
Katsinelos et al12	2003	NA (young)	Male	Vomiting	Alcohol abuse	NA	PPI	Alive

*In addition to supportive treatment with fluid resuscitation, antiemetics, analgesics and withholding oral diet.
CAD, coronary artery disease; DM, diabetes mellitus; GERD, gastro-esophageal reflux disease; H2 blocker, histamine receptor 2; NA, not available; PPI, proton pump inhibitors; TPN, total parenteral nutrition.