title: Oesophageal dissection: contrast studies and CT in diagnosis and monitoring.
abstract: Oesophageal dissection with intramural haematoma formation can be difficult to diagnose. Endoscopy can be diagnostic, but imaging techniques including computed tomography and contrast swallows can both accurately demonstrate a dissection and exclude many other pathologies. A case utilizing both imaging modalities to diagnose and monitor the condition in a patient with a bleeding disorder is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. sconstan@chariot.net.au
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Constantine
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003287:Contrast Media; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D001466:Barium Sulfate