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) Plummer vinsion syndrome, (C) Kaergener Syndrome, (D) Boerhaave syndrome
Answer is D. 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. Bailey and Love&;s sho practice of surgery,26 th ed.pg:992