[A woman in acute respiratory distress].

Autor: de Jager RL; Meander Medisch Centrum, afd. Intensive Care, Amersfoort, the Netherlands., Groot OA
Jazyk: Dutch; Flemish
Zdroj: Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde [Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd] 2012; Vol. 156 (50), pp. A4318.
Abstrakt: A 59-year-old woman presented with acute respiratory distress and a superior vena cava syndrome. Her complaints were initiated by esophageal food obstruction. A CT-scan revealed a massively dilated esophagus caused by achalasia. There was compression of the trachea and the large veins of the neck. Patient underwent esophageal resection and gastric tube reconstruction.
Databáze: MEDLINE