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Fig. 2 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 2

From: Gastrointestinal perforation: clinical and MDCT clues for identification of aetiology

Fig. 2

67-year-old patient with Boerhaave syndrome. a Coronal and (b) axial unenhanced images following oral contrast administration. A large mural defect (black arrow) results in contrast leaking into a paraoesophageal collection (c). Note multiple gas bubbles anteroposterior to the oesophagus, retrocrurally (open arrow), at the right axilla (white arrow) and a right-sided pleural effusion (e). A nasogastric tube (arrowhead) is noted

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