When a 'spontaneous perforation' of the oesophagus occurs as a result of severe barotrauma while a person vomit against a closed glottis, what is the condition known as: (A) Maltory - weiss syndrome, (B) Boerhaave syndrome, (C) Plummer vinsion syndrome, (D) Kartergener Syndrome
Answer is B. The pressure in the oesophagus increases rapidly and the oesophagus burst at its weakest point in the lower third sending a stream of material into the mediastinum and often the pleural cavity as well.