Spontaneous perforation in the ringed esophagus

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 406-409

  Prasad, G A ^a   Arora, Amindra S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Perforation; Ringed esophagus; Spontaneous

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESOMEPRAZOLE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FAMILY HISTORY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HEARTBURN; HEMATEMESIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RUPTURE;

ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644831678     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2005.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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