Intramural abscesses of the esophagus: a complication of foreign bodies

Esophageal obstruction due to extensive intramural esophageal dissection: diagnosis and treatment using an endoscopic ‘rendezvous’ technique

“…In the large majority of cases, that physical agent is a hematoma formed by bleeding into the esophageal wall. Such intramural bleeding may occur spontaneously, 1 or may result from penetrating trauma to the esophageal mucosa caused by the ingestion of sharp foreign bodies 2 or by medical procedures such as esophageal biopsy, 3 dilation 4 or sclerotherapy 5…”