13 August 2021>: Articles
Successful Late Endoscopic Stent-Grafting in a Patient with Boerhaave Syndrome
Unusual setting of medical care
Jan Śnieżyński B* , Bartosz Wilczyński B , Tomasz Skoczylas A , Grzegorz T. Wallner ADOI: 10.12659/AJCR.931629
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e931629
Figure 1. Endoscopic presentation of esophageal perforation in Boerhaave syndrome and its sealing with a self-expandable metallic stent. (A) Demonstrates a complete disruption of the esophageal wall and visible mediastinal tissue (orange sharp-ended arrow indicates the edge of esophageal wall without no detectable pre-existing pathology; blue smooth arrow indicates mediastinal tissue). (B) Demonstrates connection to the left pleural cavity with purulent discharge (red sharp arrow). (C) Demonstrates the EndoMAXX stent after implantation. (D) Demonstrates scar (yellow regular arrow) sealing of the site after esophageal perforation 8 weeks after stenting.