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Esophageal rupture in a patient with idiopathic eosinophilic esophagitis
P J Riou1, A G Nicholson, U Pastorino
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|December 1, 1996
Abstract:
Idiopathic eosinophilic esophagitis is an extremely rare condition with fewer than 20 cases described in the literature. We present a case presenting as an emergency with esophageal perforation that eventually required subtotal esophagectomy.