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

Day R, Bradberry SM, Thomas SHL, Vale JA

Liquid laundry detergent capsules (PODS): a review of their composition and mechanisms of toxicity, and of the circumstances, routes, features, and management of exposure.

Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2019 Nov;57;1053-1063 — 2019 Nov — 1053-1063