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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Very useful initial diagnostic test and is abnormal in most patients with perforation which shows: unilateral effusion usually on the left, pneumothorax, hydropneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, mediastinal widening. | |||
==Chest X Ray== | ==Chest X Ray== | ||
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> | 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> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohamed Diab, MD [2]
Overview
Very useful initial diagnostic test and is abnormal in most patients with perforation which shows: unilateral effusion usually on the left, pneumothorax, hydropneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, mediastinal widening.
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.