Boerhaave's syndrome as the primary manifestation of adult eosinophilic esophagitis. Two case reports and a review of the literature

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Lucendo, A J ^a   Friginal Ruiz, A B ^a   Rodriguez B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE TOMELLOSO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boerhaave's syndrome; Eosinophilic esophagitis; Esophageal perforation; Esophageal rupture

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; RABEPRAZOLE;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ADULT EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPHAGIA; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FATALITY; GASTROSCOPY; HIATUS HERNIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; STOMACH FUNDUS; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID DISEASE; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES;

EID: 79951838026     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2010.01167.x     Document Type: Article

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