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Spontaneous Rupture of the Esophagus
- Source :
- Diseases of the Chest. 27:685-690
- Publication Year :
- 1955
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1955.
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Abstract
- A brief review of the pertinent history, site of rupture, mechanism of rupture, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and therapy of spontaneous rupture of the esophageal is presented. A case of spontaneous esophageal rupture successfully treated by drainage of the pleural cavity followed by decortication of the lung and chest wall is prescribed.
- Subjects :
- Rupture
Spontaneous rupture
medicine.medical_specialty
Lung
Rupture, Spontaneous
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
General Medicine
Pleural cavity
Decortication
Esophageal Diseases
Spontaneous esophageal rupture
Surgery
Esophagus
medicine.anatomical_structure
medicine
Humans
Esophagus rupture
Differential diagnosis
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00960217
- Volume :
- 27
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Diseases of the Chest
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....18797b0602286349afcd9eb16f97bb7f
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.27.6.685