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...
Main Authors: | Hideharu Tanaka, Norihisa Uemura, Daisuke Nishikawa, Keisuke Oguri, Tetsuya Abe, Eiji Higaki, Takahiro Hosoi, Byonggu An, Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Shimizu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2018-06-01
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Series: | Surgical Case Reports |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-018-0462-z |
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