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Esophageal perforations, regardless of their etiology or location, are the most life-threatening of all digestive perforations [1, 2]. The spilling of air, food particles, digestive, and nasopharyngeal secretions into the neighboring tissues, caused by the rupture of the esophagus, provokes a fast and dangerous bacterial dissemination, frequently leading to a mediastinal abscess [1, 3].
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Pimenta, A., Cardoso, V., Rodrigues, J., Ayres-De-Campos, D. (1993). Esophageal Perforations. In: Nabeya, Ki., Hanaoka, T., Nogami, H. (eds) Recent Advances in Diseases of the Esophagus. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68246-2_44
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