title: [Spontaneous esophageal rupture or Boerhaave's syndrome. Presentation of a case].
abstract: A case of spontaneous oesophageal rupture or Boerhaave syndrome is described. The absence of the typical initial vomiting together with a clinical picture that successively indicated repeated myocardial infarction, pancreatitis and pulmonary abscess delayed diagnosis by 4 days, after which emergency thoracotomy, performed on the identification of extravisceral overflow by contrast radiography using a water-soluble medium, revealed necrotic inflammation of the oesophagus, mediastinum and left lung that was so severe that only thoracic drainage was possible. After an initial improvement the patient died of septic shock on the 16th postoperative day.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Regione Veneto, U.S.L. n. 28, Presidio Ospedaliero, Sede di Legnago.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sestili
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Manzini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lanza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Magagnotto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belluzzo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: La sindrome da rottura spontanea dell'esofago o di Boerhaave. Presentazione di un caso.