Case Report

Traumatic Esophageal Rupture: Unusual Cause of Acute Mediastinal Widening

Authors: MICHAEL P. CARTER, MD, ROBERT F. LONG, MD, RICHARD A. PELLEGRINI, MD, ROBERT A. WYNN, MD

Abstract

We have presented the case of a 32-year-old man who sustained blunt trauma to the chest in a motor vehicle accident. Plain roentgenograms showed a widened mediastinum and pneumomediastinum, and an esophagogram with water-soluble contrast material snowed an esophageal laceration at the T-4 level.

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