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"Deathgrip" esophagus: segmental aperistalsis following electrical injury
B M Rubin1, D B Doman, H J Goldberg
1George Washington University Hospital, Clinical Faculty, USA.
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
|September 30, 1998
Abstract:
We report a case of documented transient segmental aperistalsis of the distal esophagus following an accidental electrical injury. There are no other reports in the literature demonstrating this phenomenon. A review of gastrointestinal injury secondary to electrical injury is presented.