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Hoo, Fan Kee and Lee, Sing Hong and Sumon, Md. Shariful Hasan and Wan Sulaiman, Wan Aliaa and Mohd Sazlly Lim, Sazlyna and Basri, Hamidon
(2013)
Left sided chest pain: a case report of Boerhaave syndrome mimicking acute coronary syndrome.
International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health, 5 (12).
pp. 664-668.
ISSN 1840-4529
Abstract
The Boerhaave syndrome (Boerhaave 1742) or spontaneous rupture of the oesophagusis an unusual condition, which is rarely encountered in clinical practice. It is crucial to establish the diagnosis of this condition promptly. The mortality and morbidity is directly proportional to the delay in diagnosis and the severity of mediastinitis due to mediastinal contamination. Although its clinical features had been well described, an occasional case do present with some diagnostic difficulties unless there is a high index of suspicion.Here, we report a patient who presented with left sided chest pain that mimics acute coronary syndrome and diagnosed as Boerhaave syndrome.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Publisher: | International Online Medical Council |
| Keywords: | Boerhaave syndrome; Spontaneous rupture of the oesophagus; Chest pain; Acute coronary syndrome |
| Depositing User: | Nurul Ainie Mokhtar |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Dec 2015 01:34 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Dec 2015 01:34 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29715 |
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