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| Year : 2010 | Volume
: 15
| Issue : 1 | Page : 34-35 |
Esophageal perforation following bite of inner tube of automobile tyre: An unusual cause of barotrauma
YS Kadian1, S Agarwal2, KN Rattan1, Nityasha3
1 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Pt. BD Sharma PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana - 124 001, India
2 Department of Radiology, Pt. BD Sharma PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana - 124 001, India
3 Department of Surgery, Pt. BD Sharma PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana - 124 001, India
Correspondence Address:
Y S Kadian
6/9J, Medical Campus, Rohtak, Haryana - 124 001
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.69142
An 8-year-old child presented with severe chest pain and respiratory distress after he accidentally bit an automobile tyre tube which burst into his mouth. The chest radiograph revealed left-sided pneumothorax. Both esophagogram and computed tomogram (CT) scan revealed a perforation of the distal third of esophagus with extravasation of contrast on left side. The patient was treated conservatively with gastrostomy feeds and antibiotics for 5 weeks with a good response.
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