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Esophageal perforation following bite of inner tube of automobile tyre: An unusual cause of barotrauma

An 8-year-old child presented with severe chest pain and respiratory distress after he accidentally bit an automobile tyre tube which burst into his mouth. The chest radiograph revealed left-sided pneumothorax. Both esophagogram and computed tomogram (CT) scan revealed a perforation of the distal th...

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Autores principales: Kadian, Y. S., Agarwal, S., Rattan, K. N., Nityasha
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2998669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21180505
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.69142