title: Spontaneous intramural oesophageal haematoma: a case report.
abstract: Spontaneous intramural oesophageal haematoma is a rare disease and presents with the classic triad of symptoms of chest pain, dysphagia and haematemesis. Flexible oesophagoscopy and contrast enhanced CT scan is helpful in the diagnosis and also to exclude other sinister pathologies. Most are managed conservatively and the patient we report also was managed conservatively with a successful outcome.
authors.affiliation: National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Department of Surgery, Regent Street, Colombo 10, Colombo, Western 10700, Sri Lanka. sanjeewa_sa@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Seneviratne
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kumara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Drahaman
mesh_terms: D004935:Esophageal Diseases; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage; D006406:Hematoma; D006801:Humans