A rare case of circumferential intramural dissection of thoracic esophagus with contained esophageal perforation.
- Author:
Shao-Hua WANG
1
;
Zheng RUAN
;
Fa-Bing LIU
;
Hai-Long HUANG
;
Jian ZHENG
;
Kang-Sheng SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200080, China.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Esophageal Diseases;
diagnosis;
surgery;
Esophageal Perforation;
diagnosis;
surgery;
Esophagectomy;
Female;
Humans;
Middle Aged
- From:
Chinese Medical Journal
2011;124(20):3433-3435
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
In this report, a full account of an extremely rare case on esophageal intramural dissection (EID) is presented. A 56-year-old female patient, misdiagnosed as esophageal mediastinal fistula under endoscopic view, was diagnosed correctly as EID with contained esophageal perforation in the operation and cured by thoracic esophagectomy.
