Boerhaave syndrome due to hypopharyngeal stenosis associated with chemoradiotherapy for hypopharyngeal cancer: a case report

Boerhaave syndrome due to hypopharyngeal stenosis associated with chemoradiotherapy for hypopharyngeal cancer: a case report

Abstract Background Spontaneous esophageal rupture, also known as Boerhaave syndrome, is a very serious life-threatening benign disease of the gastrointestinal tract. It is typically caused by vomiting after heavy eating and drinking. However, in our patient, because of a combination of hypopharynge...

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Main Authors: Hideharu Tanaka, Norihisa Uemura, Daisuke Nishikawa, Keisuke Oguri, Tetsuya Abe, Eiji Higaki, Takahiro Hosoi, Byonggu An, Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Shimizu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-06-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Boerhaave syndrome
Spontaneous esophageal rupture
Esophageal perforation
Chemoradiotherapy
Hypopharyngeal cancer
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-018-0462-z

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