A 75 Year Old With Dyspnea a Case Report.Observational Study

Stanley Medical College

Status: Completed

Conditions: Esophageal Perforation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00422760

Boerhaave

Details and patient eligibility

About

Clinical Case report Of spontaneous esophageal perforation in a 75 year old man. He prsented with breathlessness and on investigation found to have esophageal perforation

Full description

Boerhaave's syndrome represents a diagnostic dilemma for the physician. Boerhaave's syndrome is an uncommon condition where there is oesophageal rupture following forceful vomiting. We report a case of spontaneous rupture of the esophagus in 75-year-old male with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who was referred to our hospital with acute onset of breathlessness. The absence of vomiting prior to presentation is the distinguishing feature of this particular case.

Sex: Male

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• male with esophageal perforation man with COPD

Exclusion criteria

• Iatrogenic perforation