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

Awofisoye OI, Olalekan OE, Anumenechi N, Onwukpa F

Boerhaave's syndrome after pentazocine-induced vomiting in a 21-year-old male with asthma: a case report.

The Pan African medical journal 2021;38;74 — 2021 — 74