Medical MCQ-When a &;spontaneous perforation&; of the oesophagus occurs as a result of severe barotrauma while a person vomit against a closed glottis, what is the condition known as

When a &;spontaneous perforation&; of the oesophagus occurs as a result of severe barotrauma while a person vomit against a closed glottis, what is the condition known as

Maltory - weiss syndrome

Plummer vinsion syndrome

Kaergener Syndrome

Boerhaave syndrome

Question Category:

Surgery

Correct Answer:

Boerhaave syndrome

Description:

The pressure in the oesophagus increases rapidly and the oesophagus burst at its weakest point in the lower third sending a stream of material into the mediastinum and often the pleural cavity as well. Bailey and Love&;s sho practice of surgery,26 th ed.pg:992

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