- 휘발유 폭발에 의한 식도파열 1례
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- 장명규,최광림,이봉하
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- 大韓胸部外科學會誌
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- 1972년|5권 1호|pp.57-60 (4 pages)
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- 대한흉부외과학회
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- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
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Esopkageal rupture is one of the rarest disease. Mackler described that esophageal rupture was differentiated from esophageal perforation, the perforation is produced by esophagoscopy, and continuous erosion, such as esophagitis,gastric reflux, hiatal hernia and malignant neoplasm of the esophagus, the rupture is occurred by severe vomiting, cough and strong positive pressure into the esophageal lumen. Since,at first Boerhaave reported the esophageal rupture due to severe vomiting in 1742, several case reports of esophageal rupture have been in the literatures. Authors reported a case of the esophageal rupture due to explosion of gasoline in 50 year old female. The rupture occurred a longitudinal rent on the left posterolateral aspect of lower one third of esophagus and accompanied wlth second degree burn on the entire face and neck. The treatment consists of immediate thoracotomy in order to drainage of pyothorax and gastrostomy for nutritional problem, but patient expired because of septicemia probably due to uncontrollable empyema of thorax on 45th admitted day.