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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Chest X Ray== | ==Chest X Ray== | ||
Very useful initial diagnostic test and is abnormal in most patients with perforation which shows: | Very useful initial diagnostic test and is abnormal in most patients with perforation which shows:<ref name="pmid2730190">{{cite journal |vauthors=Pate JW, Walker WA, Cole FH, Owen EW, Johnson WH |title=Spontaneous rupture of the esophagus: a 30-year experience |journal=Ann. Thorac. Surg. |volume=47 |issue=5 |pages=689–92 |year=1989 |pmid=2730190 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
* Unilateral effusion usually on the left. | * Unilateral effusion usually on the left. | ||
* Pneumothorax | * Pneumothorax |
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Overview
Chest X Ray
Very useful initial diagnostic test and is abnormal in most patients with perforation which shows:[1]
- Unilateral effusion usually on the left.
- Pneumothorax
- Hydropneumothorax
- Pneumomediastinum
- Subcutaneous emphysema
- Mediastinal widening.