The leaking esophagus: CT patterns of esophageal rupture, perforation, and fistulization

Critical Reviews in Diagnostic Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 461-490

  Lee, Sylvester ^a   Mergo, Patricia J ^b   Ros, Pablo R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boerhaave syndrome; empyema; esophageal carcinoma; tracheo esophageal fistula pneumomediastinum

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; HUMAN; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 0030456376     PISSN: 10408371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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