Spontaneous Submucosal Dissection of the Esophagus

Tatsuya SHIMADA; Keishi KIMURA; Kiichiro HIGASHI; Kazuhiro MAEDA; Shin-ichiro OBATA; Tadahiro SHIDO

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.32.795

Tatsuya SHIMADA, Keishi KIMURA, Kiichiro HIGASHI, Kazuhiro MAEDA, Shin-ichiro OBATA, Tadahiro SHIDO

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Keywords: esophageal apoplexy, intramural hematoma of the esophagus, intramural esophageal perforation, odynophagia, hematemesis, esophagoscopy

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1993 Volume 32 Issue 10 Pages 795-797

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.32.795

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Abstract

A 41-year-old woman was found to have had spontaneous submucosal dissection of the esophagus by esophagoscopy. Food ingestion was postulated to have been an initiating factor in this instance. Conservative therapy was sufficient in this case. Patients who complain of sore throat with retrosternal pain and an obstructed sensation on swallowing or mild hematemesis should be examined by esophagoscopy for evidence of this disorder.
(Internal Medicine 32: 795-797, 1993)

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