An esophageal perforation is a hole in the esophagus. The esophagus is the tube that food and liquids pass through on the way from your mouth to your stomach. Perforation of the esophagus is ...

An esophageal perforation is a tear or hole in the esophagus. While it is uncommon, the condition is serious and requires immediate treatment. The esophagus is the tube that passes food and ...

primary esophageal motility disorders (PEMDs), and esophageal perforations. Certain drugs can also cause this problem.

Doctors report a case of cervical cellulitis and mediastinitis following esophageal perforation with a chicken bone. The impacted bone was extracted under rigid esophagoscopy and the esophageal ...

What’s worse than a frog in your throat? How about a whole octopus? Doctors were flabbergasted after discovering that a Singapore man’s throat discomfort was caused by an eight-legged mollusk ...

Although an esophagoscopy is generally a safe procedure, more serious risks include perforation of the esophagus, infection, or internal bleeding. This article discusses the possible risks of ...

In the case reported below, swallowing of ammonia was followed by gastric necrosis, esophageal perforation and duodenal and jejunal strictures, with survival after three lifesaving operations.

A more serious, life threatening complication is esophageal perforation, which is a medical emergency. Herpes esophagitis rarely causes esophageal perforation, though. Most people with herpes ...

Complications can include pain, bleeding, or a slit in your esophagus. The complications of bleeding and perforation of the esophagus are very rare. Researchers have not found that diet and nutrition ...

Pill esophagitis, or drug-induced esophagitis, occurs when oral medications cause inflammation in the esophagus, the tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach. Symptoms can range from ...

Udupi: Kasturba Hospital in Manipal has made a significant advancement in the treatment of esophageal perforation. Recently, an elderly patient was admitted to the medical gastroenterology unit ...