INTRAMURAL ESOPHAGEAL DISSECTION

Authors
PHAN GQ HEITMILLER RF
Citation
Gq. Phan et Rf. Heitmiller, INTRAMURAL ESOPHAGEAL DISSECTION, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 63(6), 1997, pp. 1785-1786
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
63
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1785 - 1786
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1997)63:6<1785:IED>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A case of intramural esophageal dissection is reported and the literat ure reviewed. Patients with intramural esophageal dissection are usual ly women in their seventh or eighth decade. The most common presenting symptoms are chest pain, dysphagia, and hematemesis. The diagnosis is made by contrast esophagography, esophagoscopy, or both. Nonoperative therapy has proved to be uniformly successful. (C) 1997 by The Societ y of Thoracic Surgeons.