Delayed presentation of Boerhaave's syndrome
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Delayed presentation of Boerhaave's syndrome.
To cite: Atie M, Dunn G, Falk GL. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016217391 DESCRIPTION A 45-year-old, cognitively impaired, morbidly super obese male patient is described with a delayed presentation of Boerhaave’s syndrome. The patient had been mistakenly treated elsewhere for an empyema of the left thorax. The primary diagnosis had been based on...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Case Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2016-217391