Intramural Hematoma of the Esophagus Complicating Severe Preeclampsia
Joint Authors
Franchi, Massimo
Garzon, Simone
Zatti, Nicoletta
Chiarioni, Giuseppe
Zanconato, Giovanni
Source
Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-05-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Intramural hematoma of the esophagus is a rare injury causing esophageal mucosal dissection.
Forceful vomiting and coagulopathy are common underlying causes in the elderly population taking antiplatelets or anticoagulation agents.
Acute retrosternal pain followed by hematemesis and dysphagia differentiates the hematoma from other cardiac or thoracic emergencies, including acute myocardial infarction or aortic dissection.
Direct inspection by endoscopy is useful, but chest computed tomography best assesses the degree of obliteration of the lumen and excludes other differential diagnoses.
Intramural hematoma of the esophagus is generally benign and most patients recover fully with conservative treatment.
Bleeding can be managed medically unless in hemodynamically unstable patients, for whom surgical or angiographic treatment may be attempted; only rarely esophageal obstruction requires endoscopic decompression.
We report an unusual case of esophageal hematoma, presenting in a young preeclamptic woman after surgical delivery of a preterm twin pregnancy, with a favorable outcome following medical management.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Garzon, Simone& Zanconato, Giovanni& Zatti, Nicoletta& Chiarioni, Giuseppe& Franchi, Massimo. 2017. Intramural Hematoma of the Esophagus Complicating Severe Preeclampsia. Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Garzon, Simone…[et al.]. Intramural Hematoma of the Esophagus Complicating Severe Preeclampsia. Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Garzon, Simone& Zanconato, Giovanni& Zatti, Nicoletta& Chiarioni, Giuseppe& Franchi, Massimo. Intramural Hematoma of the Esophagus Complicating Severe Preeclampsia. Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-4.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1147442