[Acute postoperative respiratory insufficiency of uncommon cause]

A Strecker; C Gillard; E Wohlchies; D Maslowski; P Meignie

[Acute postoperative respiratory insufficiency of uncommon cause]

Rev Pneumol Clin. 1994;50(6):329-31.

[Article in French]

Authors

A Strecker¹, C Gillard, E Wohlchies, D Maslowski, P Meignie

Affiliation

¹ Service de pneumologie, CH Douai.

PMID: 7701213

Abstract

We report a case of acute respiratory distress which occurred three days after orthopaedic surgery and which led to the diagnosis of spontaneous rupture of the oesophagus (Boerhaave syndrome). The unusual nature of the signs delayed diagnosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Esophageal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Esophageal Diseases / etiology*
Femoral Fractures / surgery
Humans
Hydropneumothorax / diagnostic imaging
Hydropneumothorax / etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
Radiography
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / etiology*
Rupture, Spontaneous / diagnostic imaging