Spontaneous esophageal perforation (Boerhaave syndrome): Diagnosis with CT-esophagography

Spontaneous esophageal perforation (Boerhaave syndrome): Diagnosis with CT-esophagography

Spontaneous esophageal perforation (Boerhaave syndrome) is a very uncommon, life-threatening surgical emergency that should be suspected in all patients presenting with lower thoracic-epigastric pain and a combination of gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms. Variable clinical manifestations and...

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Main Authors: Massimo Tonolini, Roberto Bianco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
Subjects:
Computed tomography
contrast medium
esophagography
esophageal perforation
esophagus
Online Access:http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2013;volume=6;issue=1;spage=58;epage=60;aulast=Tonolini

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