Boerhaave's syndrome in a sixty-two-year-old Nigerian man: delayed diagnosis secondary to premorbid symptomatology

Boerhaave's syndrome is a rare spontaneous transmural esophageal rupture from forceful vomiting. It is commonly misdiagnosed either from the non-specific presentation or its mimicking known premorbid conditions. Mortality could be very high and early with delayed diagnosis. We present a rare oc...

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Published in:MGM journal of medical sciences 2021-10, Vol.8 (4), p.446-448
Main Authors: Ngubor, Taamaka, Omokore, Tomiwa, Nwachukwu, Nwachukwu, Uduagbamen, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
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boerhaave syndrome
delayed diagnosis
mortality
spontaneous transmural esophageal rupture
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Summary:Boerhaave's syndrome is a rare spontaneous transmural esophageal rupture from forceful vomiting. It is commonly misdiagnosed either from the non-specific presentation or its mimicking known premorbid conditions. Mortality could be very high and early with delayed diagnosis. We present a rare occurrence of this syndrome in which delayed diagnosis was due to premorbid conditions of bronchial asthma and hypertension and not symptom presentation and with a very good treatment outcome.
ISSN:2347-7946
2347-7962
DOI:10.4103/mgmj.mgmj_40_21