title: [Incomplete Boerhaave syndrome of the cervical esophagus].
abstract: It is known that an acute postemetic injury may evoke a spontaneous rupture of the oesophagus. This spontaneous rupture may produce an intramural hematoma or a laceration of the oesophagus wall. The intramural hematoma is restricted to the esophageal wall and may produce a fistula into the lumen of the oesophagus (with creation of a double lumen) or into the mediastinum (haematoma of the mediastinum). On the other hand the rupture may extend from the mucosa (lesion of Mallory-Weiss) into the complete wall of the oesophagus (Boerhaave's Syndrome). There are reports on a lesion of the exterior muscular layer of the third distal half of the oesophagus, which had evoked an acute haemorrhage into the mediastinum and has been defined as a variant of Boerhaave's syndrome. We now describe a similar case which is confined to the cervical oesophagus and has been treated without surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Unita Sanitaria Locale N. 40-Ospedale A. Cardarelli Napoli 2. Servizio di Diagnostica per Immagini-Pad. Emergenza.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diettrich
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pinto
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000150:complications; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014839:Vomiting / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Inkomplettes Boerhaave-Syndrom der zervikalen Speiseröhre.