WITHIN a month during the past spring we had the unusual experience at the Beverly Hospital of caring for 2 patients with spontaneous rupture of the esophagus. Although this condition is not a medical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . These full-thickness tears of the esophagus typically occur after violent vomiting and retching, Mergener said.

Management of ingested foreign bodies is a common clinical encounter. Complications of this pathology are dependent on a patient's age, the nature and localization of the foreign body, the presence of ...

Male patients with EoE have higher rates of complications, including esophageal obstruction, food bolus, and rupture, compared to female patients. The study utilized the National Inpatient Sample, ...

RUPTURE of the esophagus due to trauma of air distention is a rarely reported incident. 1 Widespread use of compressed gases in industry provides the greatest exposure to workers so employed. The ...

Udupi: Kasturba Hospital in Manipal has made a significant advancement in the treatment of esophageal perforation. Recently, an elderly patient was admitted to the medical gastroenterology unit with a ...

For one American in Italy, a vacation turned into a fight for his life. April 2, 2010— -- Robert Ferrari cannot remember what actually did it -- a hard cough maybe, or straining up the stairs -- ...

Background A 62-year-old obese, diabetic female underwent endoscopic esophageal injection of botulinum toxin type A (Botox ®; Allergan, Irvine, CA) for achalasia. The patient presented to her ...