title: A rare case of circumferential intramural dissection of thoracic esophagus with contained esophageal perforation.
abstract: In this report, a full account of an extremely rare case on esophageal intramural dissection (EID) is presented. A 56-year-old female patient, misdiagnosed as esophageal mediastinal fistula under endoscopic view, was diagnosed correctly as EID with contained esophageal perforation in the operation and cured by thoracic esophagectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200080, China.
authors.forename: Shao-Hua
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.forename: Fa-Bing
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hai-Long
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Kang-Sheng
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged