872                  RUPTURE OF THE OESOPHAGUS

 

No clinical information is available for this specimen except that it resulted from a bout of severe vomiting (the Mallory-Weiss syndrome).

 

The specimen shows a tear 3 cms in length in the lower oesophagus just above the diaphragmatic opening.

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