Boerhaave syndrome with atypical clinical presentations diagnosed by computed tomography

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-48

  Lin, Wei Chan ^a   Chen, Jen Dar ^a   Tiu, Chui Mei ^a   Lo, Hong Chang ^a   Chou, Yi Hong ^a   Chang, Cheng Yen ^a   Yu, Chun ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Esophageal perforation; Mediastinum

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; ILEUS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036091491     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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