title: Esophageal perforation following bite of inner tube of automobile tyre: An unusual cause of barotrauma.
abstract: An 8-year-old child presented with severe chest pain and respiratory distress after he accidentally bit an automobile tyre tube which burst into his mouth. The chest radiograph revealed left-sided pneumothorax. Both esophagogram and computed tomogram (CT) scan revealed a perforation of the distal third of esophagus with extravasation of contrast on left side. The patient was treated conservatively with gastrostomy feeds and antibiotics for 5 weeks with a good response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Pt. BD Sharma PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana - 124 001, India.
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kadian
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Rattan
authors.lastname: Nityasha