Esophageal rupture caused by explosion of an automobile tire tube: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Jianqing Jiang¹  Xiaoyan Liu¹  Xiushan Zheng¹  Lie Yang¹  Wei Li¹  Yifeng Zheng¹  Sheng Ding¹  Yongkang Yu¹ 

[1] Department of Thoracic Surgery, General Hospital of Chengdu Military Region of PLA, Chengdu 610083, China

关键词: Explosion;    Esophagogastrostomy;    Esophageal rupture;    Automobile tire tube;   

Others  :  825618
DOI  :  10.1186/1752-1947-7-211

 received in 2013-01-04, accepted in 2013-08-08,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Introduction

There have been no reports in the literature of esophageal rupture in adults resulting from an explosion of an automobile tire. We report the first case of just such an occurrence after an individual bit into a tire, causing it to explode in his mouth.

Case presentation

A 47-year-old Han Chinese man presented with massive hemorrhage in his left eye after he accidentally bit an automobile tire tube which burst into his mouth. He was diagnosed with esophageal rupture based on a chest computed tomography scan and barium swallow examination. Drainage of empyema (right chest), removal of thoracic esophagus, exposure of cervical esophagus, cardiac ligation and gastrostomy were performed respectively. After that, esophagogastrostomy was performed.

Conclusions

Successful anastomosis was obtained at the neck with no postoperative complications 3 months after the surgery. The patient was discharged with satisfactory outcomes. We present this case report to bring attention to esophageal rupture in adults during the explosion of an automobile tire tube in the mouth.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Yu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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