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Boerhaave syndrome with double esophageal perforation. About a case.
Cirugia y Cirujanos 2021
INTRODUCTION: Boerhaave syndrome consists of a spontaneous perforation of the esophagus, with high mortality.
OBJECTIVE: To describe a case with Boerhaave syndrome with double esophageal perforation.
CASE REPORT: 33-year-old female who came to the hospital for emetic symptoms, followed by retrosternal chest pain; chest drainage is performed. Esophageal perforation was diagnosed late and he was transferred to a tertiary level institution. Successive treatments were performed: videothoracoscopy and pleural decortication; alimentary jejunostomy; esophageal stent placement, diagnosis of new perforation, pyloric exclusion, new stent placement, and esophageal exclusion.
CONCLUSIONS: The delay in diagnosis contributed to the fatal outcome of the patient.
OBJECTIVE: To describe a case with Boerhaave syndrome with double esophageal perforation.
CASE REPORT: 33-year-old female who came to the hospital for emetic symptoms, followed by retrosternal chest pain; chest drainage is performed. Esophageal perforation was diagnosed late and he was transferred to a tertiary level institution. Successive treatments were performed: videothoracoscopy and pleural decortication; alimentary jejunostomy; esophageal stent placement, diagnosis of new perforation, pyloric exclusion, new stent placement, and esophageal exclusion.
CONCLUSIONS: The delay in diagnosis contributed to the fatal outcome of the patient.
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