Gastroenterology · Gastroenterology / Esophageal disease
Boerhaave syndrome
also: Spontaneous esophageal rupture
Full-thickness esophageal rupture after forceful vomiting.
- Specialty
- Gastroenterology
- Subspecialty
- Gastroenterology / Esophageal disease
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected, male predominance; Female: affected; Children: rare
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Spontaneous esophageal rupture
Etiology & mechanism
Sudden rise in intraesophageal pressure.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (6)
In plain terms, someone with Boerhaave syndrome may experience the following — click any to explore related syndromes:
Same gene(s)
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Shares symptoms with
3 shared
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
fever, shock, vomiting
2 shared
Toxic shock syndrome
fever, vomiting
2 shared
Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome
fever, shock
1 shared
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
fever
1 shared
Acute chest syndrome
fever
1 shared
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy syndrome
vomiting
1 shared
Antisynthetase syndrome
fever
1 shared
Behçet-like haploinsufficiency of A20 syndrome
fever
1 shared
Castleman syndrome
fever
1 shared
Chilaiditi syndrome
vomiting
Shares genes with
None.
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