ALLMedicine Esophageal Rupture Center

Feb 8th, 2020 - A 21-year-old first trimester primagravida woman with hyperemesis gravidarum was noted to have incidental subcutaneous emphysema during thyroid ultrasound. Follow-up radiograph demonstrated supraclavicular subcutaneous emphysema, left apical pneum...

Oct 11th, 2019 - Herpes simplex virus is an uncommon cause of esophagitis and particularly so in immunocompetent individuals. Although the common presentation tends to be odynophagia and/or dysphagia, fever, and retrosternal chest pain, there are variations and ra...

Sep 3rd, 2019 - Eosinophilic esophagitis, once considered a rare disorder, has been increasingly recognized as a leading cause of dysphagia and food impaction in children and adults over the last few decades. It predominantly occurs in young men with a history of...

Apr 8th, 2019 - Background Almost 300 years ago, Herman Boerhaave, a Dutch physician, described the case of Baron Jan von Wassenaer, the Grand Admiral of Holland. [1, 2] In 1724, Boerhaave was called to the bedside of the admiral, who complained of severe chest p...

Dec 13th, 2018 - Spontaneous esophageal rupture (Boerhaave syndrome) is a rare, though frequently fatal, event. It is generally caused by a sudden increase in pressure inside the esophagus. In some cases, full-thickness perforations of the esophagus may develop fr...

Feb 8th, 2020 - A 21-year-old first trimester primagravida woman with hyperemesis gravidarum was noted to have incidental subcutaneous emphysema during thyroid ultrasound. Follow-up radiograph demonstrated supraclavicular subcutaneous emphysema, left apical pneum...

Oct 11th, 2019 - Herpes simplex virus is an uncommon cause of esophagitis and particularly so in immunocompetent individuals. Although the common presentation tends to be odynophagia and/or dysphagia, fever, and retrosternal chest pain, there are variations and ra...

Sep 3rd, 2019 - Eosinophilic esophagitis, once considered a rare disorder, has been increasingly recognized as a leading cause of dysphagia and food impaction in children and adults over the last few decades. It predominantly occurs in young men with a history of...

Apr 8th, 2019 - Background Almost 300 years ago, Herman Boerhaave, a Dutch physician, described the case of Baron Jan von Wassenaer, the Grand Admiral of Holland. [1, 2] In 1724, Boerhaave was called to the bedside of the admiral, who complained of severe chest p...

Dec 13th, 2018 - Spontaneous esophageal rupture (Boerhaave syndrome) is a rare, though frequently fatal, event. It is generally caused by a sudden increase in pressure inside the esophagus. In some cases, full-thickness perforations of the esophagus may develop fr...

Jun 17th, 2016 - The six life-threatening conditions traditionally warned about for acute, nontraumatic chest pain presentations are "extremely rare," aside from acute coronary syndrome (ACS), according to a study reported in JAMA Internal Medicine. In the Nationa...

Apr 10th, 2005 - Summary 45 year-old male with a remote history of gastric bypass presents with sudden-onset sharp, substernal chest pain and vomiting. (Enlarge Image) (Enlarge Image) (Enlarge Image) (Enlarge Image) This abnormality arises from: Esophageal rupture...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract Introduction: Lightning is the second most common storm-related cause of death. The mortality following lightning strike is 10% to 30% and a large proportion of these people suffer cardiopulmonary arrest at the t...