Boerhaave's syndrome after postoperative vomiting.
Postoperative nausea and vomiting are common after general anesthesia but rarely produce life-threatening conditions. We report a case of postoperative vomiting complicated by esophageal rupture (Boerhaave's syndrome). As this complication is quite rare and can have varied and atypical presentations, anesthesiologists may fail to consider this diagnosis.


CONCLUSIONS
We report a case of postoperative vomiting complicated by esophageal rupture (Boerhaave's syndrome). As this complication is quite rare, anesthesiologists may fail to consider this diagnosis.
Atallah
Fouad N
FN
Departments of *Anesthesiology and Intensive Care and †Urology, Toulouse University Hospitals, France.
Riu
Béatrice M
BM
Nguyen
Luc B
LB
Seguin
Philippe O
PO
Fourcade
Olivier A
OA
D000328:Adult; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005306:Fertilization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020250:Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed