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Boerhaave's syndrome complicating acute myocardial infarction. Case report
S Sabanathan1, J Eng, G N Pradhan
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bradford Royal Infirmary, England.
Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
A case of spontaneous rupture of the oesophagus (Boerhaave's syndrome) following acute myocardial infarction is presented. Conservative management with chest drainage and parenteral, later jejunostomy, feeding was successful. Progress was monitored with methylene blue swallow. A review of the literature revealed only two previous cases of this type.