A patient with spontaneous rupture of the esophagus and concomitant gastric cancer whose life was saved: case of report and review of the literature in Japan

A 71-year-old man suddenly developed abdominal pain and vomiting on drinking soda after a meal, and visited a physician. Cervical subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysemas were observed on CT, and the patient was transferred to the emergency medical center of our hospital on the same day. Esophagograp...

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Main Authors: Matsuhashi, Nobuhisa, Nagao, Narutoshi, Tanaka, Chihiro, Nishina, Takuo, Kawai, Masahiko, Kunieda, Katsuyuki, Iwata, Hitoshi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3250961/