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

Ali O, Challa SR, Siddiqui OM, Ali S, Kim RE

A rare cause of esophagopleural fistula due to intensity-modulated proton therapy: a case report and review of literature.

Clinical journal of gastroenterology 2021 Aug;14;955-960 — 2021 Aug — 955-960