Name: Esophagopericardial Fistula in a Scleroderma Patient With Peptic Esophagitis
Creator: James W. Reinig
Keywords: 2. Zero hunger, Scleroderma, Systemic, Fistula, Myocardial Infarction, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, Diagnosis, Differential, Radiography, Esophageal Fistula, 03 medical and health sciences

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 1983 English Publisher:American Medical Association (AMA)Journal:Archives of Internal Medicine, volume 143, page 1,486 (issn: 0003-9926,

Authors: James W. Reinig;

doi: 10.1001/archinte.1983.00350070214038

pmid: 6870424

Esophagopericardial Fistula in a Scleroderma Patient With Peptic Esophagitis

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Abstract

Esophageal perforation from peptic ulceration is rare. A patient with scleroderma who had an esophagopericardial fistula caused by peptic esophagitis is described. The fistula mimicked an acute myocardial infarction.

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Scleroderma, Systemic, Fistula, Myocardial Infarction, Middle Aged, Diagnosis, Differential, Radiography, Esophageal Fistula, Humans, Female, Esophagitis, Peptic, Pneumopericardium

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