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Esophageal Disease in Diabetes Mellitus

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Diabetes mellitus (DM) has multiple clinically important effects on the esophagus. Diabetes results in several esophageal motility disturbances, increases the risk of esophageal candidiasis, and increases the risk of Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal carcinoma. Finally, “black esophagus,” or acute esophageal necrosis, is also associated with DM. These four entities and their relationship with DM will be reviewed in this section.

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Tau, J.A., Arevalo Santana, L.F. (2017). Esophageal Disease in Diabetes Mellitus. In: Sellin, J. (eds) Managing Gastrointestinal Complications of Diabetes. Adis, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48662-8_2

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