Instrumental esophageal perforation: a possible complication of bougienage following Quinton-Rubin esophageal biopsy.
A patient with a perforation following dilatation of the esophagus is presented. The temporal relationship between earlier Quinton-Rubin esophageal biopsies obtained by the use of the multi-purpose Quinton-Rubin tube and subsequent perforation is noted. The possibility of these events being causally related is discussed.
D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors