title: [Boerhaave syndrome. The differential diagnosis of acute retrosternal pain].
abstract: A 10-cm-long longitudinal tear in the middle third of the oesophagus--with intact deeper muscle layers--was found endoscopically in a 52-year-old alcoholic man who had developed acute retrosternal pain after severe vomiting. There was a leukocytosis of 16,700/microliters and fever of 38.8 degrees C. Because of the diagnosis of incomplete spontaneous oesophageal rupture (Boerhaave syndrome) he was fed parenterally, a gastric tube was placed, and he received three times daily 2 g ampicillin, twice daily 80 mg gentamicin and 1.2 g cimetidine. The fever disappeared after 24 hours and the leukocytosis regressed after four days. At repeat endoscopy after 16 days the tear had healed completely.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterologische Abteilung, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Celle.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Plein
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kellner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hotz
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013249:Sternum; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Boerhaave-Syndrom. Eine Differentialdiagnose des akuten Retrosternalschmerzes.