Misdiagnosed Chest Pain: Spontaneous Esophageal Rupture.
Chest pain is one of themost common complaints expressed by patients presenting to the emergency department, and any initial evaluation should always consider life-threatening causes. Esophageal rupture is a serious condition with a highmortality rate. If diagnosed, successful therapy depends on the size of the rupture and the time elapsed between rupture and diagnosis.We report on a 41-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department complaining of left-sided chest pain for two hours.


BACKGROUND
Chest pain; Coronary artery disease; Esophageal rupture; Misdiagnosis.
Department of Cardiology, Aksaray State Hospital, Aksaray, Turkey;
Sinan
S
Inci
Department of Cardiology, Erzurum, Turkey;
Fuat
F
Gundogdu
Department of Cardiology, Odemis State Hospital, Izmir, Turkey;
Hasan
H
Gungor
Department of Cardiology, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey;
Sakir
S
Arslan
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Atila
A
Turkyilmaz
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Atila
A
Eroglu