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압축 공기에 의한 상부 식도 파열 1례

김영민1, 김만익1, 김익태1, 박영민1
Young Min Kim1, Man Ik Kim1, Ic-Tae Kim1, Young Min Park1
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1한림대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실
1Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea

© Copyright 1994 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Esophageal rupture is a very rare but life threatening condition which can be occurred by trauma, including compressed air.

Esophageal rupture should be quickly diagnosed on the basis of findings on contrast esophagograms when the typical signs and symptoms of vomiting, chest pain, and subcutaneous emphysema of the neck occur.

Recently authors have experienced a case of 46-year-old female who had a upper esophageal rupture by compressed air and was treated successfully by primary closure. We report this case with review of literatures.

Keywords: Esophageal rupture; Compressed air injury