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Esophageal perforation
Esophageal perforation
This barium swallow study was performed in a 45-year-old man who presented with severe chest pain following sclerotherapy for esophageal varicies. The study demonstrates two large perforations (arrows) arising from the distal esophagus (E).
Courtesy of Jonathan Kruskal, MD, PhD.
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