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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

BOERHAAVE SYNDROME

BOERHAAVE SYNDROME: rupture of the esophagus. Associated with pneumomediastinum, which causes a crunching sound (Hamman's crunch) in synchrony with the heart beat.

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