HealthDay News — Esophageal rupture can occur in association with colonoscopy preparation, according to a letter to the editor published in the March issue of the Journal of the American ...

WITHIN a month during the past spring we had the unusual experience at the Beverly Hospital of caring for 2 patients with spontaneous rupture of the esophagus. Although this condition is not a medi ...

Detecting crepitus suggests subcutaneous emphysema from a rib fracture, ruptured bleb with pneumothorax, esophageal rupture, or abdominal perforated viscus with retroperitoneal air tracking.