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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Pathophysiology== | ==Pathophysiology== | ||
* Boerhaave syndrome is a spontaneous perforation of the esophagus due to a sudden rise in intraesophageal pressure combined with negative intrathoracic pressure (eg, severe straining, vomiting or seizures) as a result of neuromuscular incoordination. | |||
The most common anatomical location of the | * Boerhaave syndrome is commonly associated with the consumption of excessive food and/or alcohol. | ||
* Boerhaave syndrome usually occurs in patients with a normal underlying esophagus, some patients with Boerhaave syndrome has underlying medication-induced esophagitis, eosinophilic esophagitis, Barrett's or infectious ulcers. | |||
* The most common anatomical location of the esophageal perforation in Boerhaave syndrome is at left posterolateral wall of the distal intrathoracic esophagus, 2-3 cm before the [[stomach]]. However, the esophageal perforation in Boerhaave syndrome can occur in the cervical or intra-abdominal esophagus.<ref name="pmid17263979">{{cite journal |author=Korn O, Oñate JC, López R |title=Anatomy of the Boerhaave syndrome |journal=Surgery |volume=141 |issue=2 |pages=222–8 |year=2007 |pmid=17263979 |doi=10.1016/j.surg.2006.06.034}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Pathophysiology
- Boerhaave syndrome is a spontaneous perforation of the esophagus due to a sudden rise in intraesophageal pressure combined with negative intrathoracic pressure (eg, severe straining, vomiting or seizures) as a result of neuromuscular incoordination.
- Boerhaave syndrome is commonly associated with the consumption of excessive food and/or alcohol.
- Boerhaave syndrome usually occurs in patients with a normal underlying esophagus, some patients with Boerhaave syndrome has underlying medication-induced esophagitis, eosinophilic esophagitis, Barrett's or infectious ulcers.
- The most common anatomical location of the esophageal perforation in Boerhaave syndrome is at left posterolateral wall of the distal intrathoracic esophagus, 2-3 cm before the stomach. However, the esophageal perforation in Boerhaave syndrome can occur in the cervical or intra-abdominal esophagus.[1]
References
- ↑ Korn O, Oñate JC, López R (2007). "Anatomy of the Boerhaave syndrome". Surgery. 141 (2): 222–8. doi:10.1016/j.surg.2006.06.034. PMID 17263979.