title: [Intramural hematoma of the esophagus: a rare diagnosis].
abstract: We describe three cases of spontaneous intramural hematoma of the esophagus, a rare pathology. The combination of chest pain, dysphagia and hematemesis and often the existence of hemostasis disorders or fragility of the mucosa, or trauma of the esophagus, should evoke the diagnosis. Radiology (thoracic scan, barium swallowing) and esophagoscopy enable confirmation of the diagnosis, permitting conservative treatment and simple spontaneous course of this pathology.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hopital Foch, Suresnes.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonnette
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lansac
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fritsch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scherrer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed