title: [A case of spontaneous rupture of the esophagus: the characteristic CT findings].
abstract: A 75-year-old man was seen in the Emergency Room of our hospital because of chest pain after drinking beer and vomiting. Chest radiography showed pleural effusion in the left pleural space. The drained effusion contained digested food. A chest CT scan demonstrated mediastinal emphysema and an esophageal tear. The contrast esophagogram confirmed the diagnosis of spontaneous rupture of the esophagus. The characteristic CT findings of esophageal tear could have been used alone for the diagnosis, without esophagography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fujisawa City Hospital.
authors.forename: Hirotsugu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kenmotsu
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Yuzo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kido
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004630:Emergencies; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed