Spontaneous Rupture of the Normal Esophagus

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Abstract
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 medical curiosity, it is infrequent, and as a result, the clinical picture is not widely recognized. If this accident is undiagnosed and untreated, the result is invariably fatal. There are few other surgical emergencies in which early diagnosis and prompt treatment are so necessary to save life. The chief cause of death is delay, and the cause of delay is that esophageal rupture is not suspected. Yet . . .

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