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Volume: 4 | Issue: 4 | Published: May 22, 2020 | Pages: 126 - 129 | DOI: 10.24911/ejmcr/173-1572625426

Rupture of the esophagus due to carbonate use - a case report

Authors: Orhan Delice , Seyed Pouya Paknezhad , Shenol Erselan , Samad Shams Vahdati , Saina Pezeshki

Authors

Orhan Delice

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Department, Erzurum Regional Training And Research Hospital, Medical Sciences University, Erzurum, Turkey

Seyed Pouya Paknezhad

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine Research Team, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Shenol Erselan

Emergency Medicine Specialist. Emergency Department, Erzurum Regional Training and Research, Erzurum, Turkey

Samad Shams Vahdati

Professor of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine Research Team, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Saina Pezeshki

General Physician, Emergency Medicine Research Team, Imam Reza Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Publication History

Received: November 09, 2019

Accepted: April 30, 2020

Published: May 22, 2020

Abstract

Background: Rupture of the esophagus which is not iatrogenic or due to carcinoma, Mallory Weiss syndrome, or foreign body is called a spontaneous rupture of esophagus or Boerhaave syndrome. Symptoms are not specific and include back or retrosternal chest pain, crepitus on chest wall palpation, or mediastinal crackle. Esophagus rupture could have dyspnea, tachypnea, tachycardia, and dullness in the chest exam due to pleural effusion beside the pain. Case presentation: In this report, we had two cases with rupture of the esophagus due to soda (bicarbonate) use with no remarkable past medical history. Both patients had stable vitals when they came to the Emergency Department. Diagnosis was confirmed by chest CT scan. One of the patients did not take any invasive treatment and there was no need for operation. The other patient underwent thoracotomy and esophageal repair. Both of them had good general condition after some days. Conclusion: We recommend not englutting excessive amounts of soda why it can cause rupture of the esophagus in patients with unknown esophageal wall weakness or healthy esophagus.

Keywords: Spontaneous rupture, esophagus, Boerhaave syndrome, bicarbonate, thoracotomy, case report, green

Pubmed Style

Orhan Delice, Seyed Pouya Paknezhad, Shenol Erselan, Samad Shams Vahdati, Saina Pezeshki. Rupture of the esophagus due to carbonate use - a case report. EJMCR. 2020; 22 (May 2020): 126-129. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1572625426

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Orhan Delice, Seyed Pouya Paknezhad, Shenol Erselan, Samad Shams Vahdati, Saina Pezeshki. Rupture of the esophagus due to carbonate use - a case report. https://ejmcr.com/articles/1438 [Access: December 03, 2024]. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1572625426

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Orhan Delice, Seyed Pouya Paknezhad, Shenol Erselan, Samad Shams Vahdati, Saina Pezeshki. Rupture of the esophagus due to carbonate use - a case report. EJMCR. (2020), [cited December 03, 2024]; 22 (May 2020): 126-129. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1572625426

Harvard Style

Orhan Delice, Seyed Pouya Paknezhad, Shenol Erselan, Samad Shams Vahdati, Saina Pezeshki (2020) Rupture of the esophagus due to carbonate use - a case report. EJMCR, 22 (May 2020): 126-129. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1572625426

Chicago Style

Orhan Delice, Seyed Pouya Paknezhad, Shenol Erselan, Samad Shams Vahdati, Saina Pezeshki. "Rupture of the esophagus due to carbonate use - a case report." 22 (2020), 126-129. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1572625426

MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Orhan Delice, Seyed Pouya Paknezhad, Shenol Erselan, Samad Shams Vahdati, Saina Pezeshki. "Rupture of the esophagus due to carbonate use - a case report." 22.May 2020 (2020), 126-129. Print. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1572625426

APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Orhan Delice, Seyed Pouya Paknezhad, Shenol Erselan, Samad Shams Vahdati, Saina Pezeshki (2020) Rupture of the esophagus due to carbonate use - a case report. , 22 (May 2020), 126-129. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1572625426