Abstract:Esophagealperforation is a serious acute disease. In this paper, a case of esophageal perforation by a fish-bone with severe mediastinitis and a cervical abscess is reported. For a 50-year-old male, the diagnosis was made 15 days after he had swallowed a fish-bone, because the symptoms were slight before severe chest pain began. Two esophageal perforations (19-21 cm and 24-31 cm from his initial tooth line) were confirmed by endoscopy. Moreover, mediastinitis and a huge cervical abscess were recognized periope… Show more
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