An unusual presentation of Boerhaave Syndrome: a case report

We present a unique case of Boerhaave Syndrome that may highlight the spectrum of barotrauma from a Mallory-Weiss tear to full-thickness perforation. In this case, perforation only became evident following air insufflation at endoscopy.

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Autores principales: O’Kelly, Fardod, Lim, Kheng Tian, Cooke, Fiachra, Ravi, Narayanasamy, Reynolds, John Vincent
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830042
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8000
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spelling pubmed-27400792009-10-14 An unusual presentation of Boerhaave Syndrome: a case report O’Kelly, Fardod Lim, Kheng Tian Cooke, Fiachra Ravi, Narayanasamy Reynolds, John Vincent Cases J Case report We present a unique case of Boerhaave Syndrome that may highlight the spectrum of barotrauma from a Mallory-Weiss tear to full-thickness perforation. In this case, perforation only became evident following air insufflation at endoscopy. Cases Network Ltd 2009-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC2740079/ /pubmed/19830042 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8000 Text en © 2009 O’Kelly et al.; licensee Cases Network Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ravi, Narayanasamy
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An unusual presentation of Boerhaave Syndrome: a case report
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