title: Delayed presentation of oesophageal perforation simulating intrathoracic malignancy.
abstract: We report two patients with silent oesophageal perforation. In neither patient was the diagnosis made preoperatively by the referring physicians and a history of swallowing difficulty was elicited in only one patient. The appearances on computed tomography were very similar in both patients: there was a soft tissue mass in the upper retro-oesophageal region with destruction of the underlying vertebral body.
authors: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papworth Hospital, Cambs.
authors: P A
authors: PA
authors: Set
authors: C D
authors: CD
authors: Flower
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Stewart
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed