Philippe Camus, M.D.

Dijon, France

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XXXII.b

Esophageal pathology (erosion, ulcer, tear, rupture, fistula, Boerhaave’s syndrome)

May cause chest pain (See under XIb). Including drug-induced ulcers (PMID 26230070). Boerhaave's syndrome (BS) corresponds to a longitudinal esophageal rupture sometimes vomiting-induced, whcih may lead to bacterial mediastinitis, pneumothorax and/or empyema. BS manifests with mediothoracic chest pain and extraesopageal air on imaging.

Publications

Byard RW, Grabowski M

Gastro-esophageal pharmacobezoar.

Forensic science, medicine, and pathology 2021 Jul 29;; — 2021 Jul 29

Kim SH, Jeong JB, Kim JW, Koh SJ, Kim BG, Lee KL, Chang MS, Im JP, Kang HW, Shin CM

Clinical and endoscopic characteristics of drug-induced esophagitis.

World journal of gastroenterology 2014 Aug 21;20;10994-9 — 2014 Aug 21 — 10994-9

Kadayifci A, Gulsen MT, Koruk M, Savas MC

Doxycycline-induced pill esophagitis.

Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus 2004;17;168-71 — 2004 — 168-71