title: [Boerhaave's syndrome].
abstract: Spontaneous esophageal perforation (Boerhaave syndrome) is a life-threatening emergency. It usually has misleading clinical manifestations and causes severe complications. In the presence of the clinical manifestations: vomiting, pain, emphysema, this diagnosis must be considered and confirmed by radiological evaluation of the chest and the esophagus. We report two cases and we describe the severity of this syndrome, its cause, its pathogenesis, and its characteristic clinical features and radiological signs.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital De Wever, Heerlen, Pays-Bas.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benchekroun
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lamers
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013577:Syndrome; D014839:Vomiting / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Syndrome de Boerhaave.