Welcome To CT CASES.net
Posted by: Dimitris Sioutis in Site News on September 18th, 2011
CTCases.net is a -free tool- website with personal work of various imaging CT / CAT cases of medical interest (also known as Computed Axial Tomography) that may be used as a learning tool for specialists, students or even enthusiasts. The information available here comes from real life, everyday cases from the passion and the hard work of MD Aris Babis (Athens, Greece) and Dimitris Sioutis (Bologna, Italy).
Spontaneous perforation of the esophagus most commonly results from a sudden increase in intraesophageal pressure combined with negative intrathoracic pressure caused by straining or vomiting (effort rupture of the esophagus or Boerhaave’s syndrome). Other causes of spontaneous perforation include caustic ingestion, pill esophagitis, Barrett’s ulcer, infectious ulcers in patients with AIDS, and following dilation of esophageal strictures.
