A "wandering bullet" in the thoracic esophagus
Montano, J.N.; Mandal, A.K.; Lou, M.A.; Oparah, S.S.
Journal of the National Medical Association 75(8): 835-836
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0027-9684 PMID: 6355492 Document Number: 208814
This paper describes a patient with a perforation of the thoracic esophagus that was not recognized for 30 hours. Curiously, this patient did well without surgical intervention. Therapeutic considerations for thoracic and cervical esophageal perforations are discusses.
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