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Case Reports
. 2017 Mar;72(3):121-125.

[Mediastinitis on oesphagal perforation]

[Article in French]
G Canbay  1 , X Bertrand  1
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Case Reports

[Mediastinitis on oesphagal perforation]

[Article in French]
G Canbay et al. Rev Med Liege. 2017 Mar.
Free article

Abstract
in English, French

Vomiting is less benign than it seems … Esophageal perforations and ruptures cause the contents of the esophageal lumen to leak into the cervical retroesophageal space, the mediastinum or the abdomen, which can trigger, among other adverse events, a mediastinitis, the diagnosis of which is difficult and should be established as promptly as possible. It's a rare pathology involving a high risk of diagnostic errors.

Les perforations et les ruptures de l’œsophage mettent en communication la lumière oesophagienne avec les espaces rétro-oesophagiens cervicaux, le médiastin ou l’abdomen. Ceci peut, entre autres, provoquer une médiastinite, dont le diagnostic, difficile, doit être le plus précoce possible. Il s’agit d’une pathologie rare entraînant des risques importants d’erreur diagnostique.

Keywords: Esophageal rupture; Mediastinitis; Subcutaneous emphysema; Thoracic pain; Vomiting.

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