Boerhaave Syndrome: A Case Report
A case is presented of Boerhaave syndrome in a 70‑year‑old female patient complaining of dysphagia with solids for a long time. She consulted for abdominal pain for 24 hours, accompanied by nausea and fecal vomiting. The patient had tachypnea, tachycardia, hypoxia, abdominal guarding, and absence of...
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| description | A case is presented of Boerhaave syndrome in a 70‑year‑old female patient complaining of dysphagia with solids for a long time. She consulted for abdominal pain for 24 hours, accompanied by nausea and fecal vomiting. The patient had tachypnea, tachycardia, hypoxia, abdominal guarding, and absence of bowel sounds. Thoracoabdominal computed tomography revealed significant pyloric wall thickening with secondary gastric distension, cervical subcutaneous emphysema, bilateral pleural effusion, and pneumomediastinum. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a0a65f71adfe4ff4960c4bab9743af722025-08-20T02:13:19ZengUbiquity PressJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2514-82812025-03-011091111110.5334/jbsr.38233819Boerhaave Syndrome: A Case ReportMarie Laure Gharingam0Axel Edouard Vanrossomme1Service d’Imagerie Médicale du CHU Charleroi‑ChimayService d’Imagerie Médicale du CHU Charleroi‑ChimayA case is presented of Boerhaave syndrome in a 70‑year‑old female patient complaining of dysphagia with solids for a long time. She consulted for abdominal pain for 24 hours, accompanied by nausea and fecal vomiting. The patient had tachypnea, tachycardia, hypoxia, abdominal guarding, and absence of bowel sounds. Thoracoabdominal computed tomography revealed significant pyloric wall thickening with secondary gastric distension, cervical subcutaneous emphysema, bilateral pleural effusion, and pneumomediastinum.https://account.jbsr.be/index.php/up-j-jbsr/article/view/3823spontaneous esophageal ruptureboerhaave syndromecomputed tomography |
| spellingShingle | Marie Laure Gharingam Axel Edouard Vanrossomme Boerhaave Syndrome: A Case Report Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology spontaneous esophageal rupture boerhaave syndrome computed tomography |
| title | Boerhaave Syndrome: A Case Report |
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| title_short | Boerhaave Syndrome: A Case Report |
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| topic | spontaneous esophageal rupture boerhaave syndrome computed tomography |
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