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- Title
Spontaneous oesophageal perforation secondary to renal colic.
- Authors
Zhang, Jinghong; Yang, Xinglin; Jiang, Hui; Liu, Jihai; Wang, Jiangshan; Zhu, Huadong
- Abstract
Boerhaave syndrome is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition that involves a full-thickness tear of the oesophagus. It accounts for around 15% of all cases of oesophageal perforations and is associated with up to 40% of mortality. Vomiting has been found to be associated with the development of Boerhaave syndrome. However, the aetiology of vomiting varies broadly in the available literatures from alcohol indulgence to marathon running, and from panic attack to radiotherapy for cancer. We present here an unusual case of Boerhaave syndrome where the patient developed spontaneous oesophageal perforation in the setting of renal colic.
- Subjects
ESOPHAGEAL perforation; MARATHON running; PANIC attacks; RENAL colic; CANCER radiotherapy; ETIOLOGY of diseases
- Publication
Oxford Medical Case Reports, 2023, Vol 2023, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
2053-8855
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/omcr/omad112