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Síndrome de Boerhaave

2015; Sociedad Castellano-Manchega de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria; Volume: 8; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4321/s1699-695x2015000200012

ISSN

2386-8201

Autores

N. Pérez Villaverde, Manuel Soto García, Sofía Alemán Villanueva, Ana Barrios Barbero, Soledad Rodríguez Jiménez,

Tópico(s)

Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas

Resumo

Boerhaave's SyndromeWe present the case of a 37-year-old man who goes to Primary Care Consultation afflicted with abdominal pain together with blood in vomit.After several evaluations and a second visit to Emergency Service, he is hospitalized, where he is finally diagnosed with Boerhaave Syndrome (spontaneous esophageal perforation), requiring urgent surgery.

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