Intramural Hematoma of Esophagus After Lifting a Heavy Sack of Rice Which Mimicking Cardiovascular Disorder

Abstract

Introduction: We report here a case of an intramural hematoma of the esophagus. The extension of this was from cervical esophagus to lesser curvature of stomach intramural hematoma.

Case: This very rare event in older women is more common in and can be missed as cardiovascular or emergent disease of esophagus.

The most common clinical presentations are severe chest pain, dysphagia or odynophagia and mild hematemesis. The common risk factors are blunt, penetrating or iatrogenic injuries, Valsalva maneuver and antiguagilan medication, in literatures spontaneous cases have

also been reported.

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