Your doctor will order an imaging test, such as an X-ray or CT scan, to check for signs of esophageal perforation. These tests are used to look in the chest for air bubbles and abscesses.

The dye used during the CT scan can also help determine the location and extent of the perforation. According to research, about 25% of esophageal ruptures occur in the cervical area. The chest ...

A possible side effect of esophageal dilation is perforation of the esophagus ... upper GI and reveals any narrowing of the esophagus. CT scan: A CT scan uses X-ray and computer technology ...

Investigators identified 138 patients with atrial-esophageal or esophageal-pericardial fistula or esophageal perforation ... diagnostic modalities were chest CT (80.2%), cerebral CT/MRI (34.5 ...

SPONTANEOUS perforation of the aorta by a benign esophageal ulcer has not been reported. As a surgical complication such a perforation has been described in 3 cases. Merindino and Emerson 1 ...

CT texture analysis of primary tumors may be a potential imaging biomarker in localized esophageal cancer following neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to new research. CT texture analysis of ...

Staging of esophageal cancer is based on the tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) classification developed by the American Joint Committee on Cancer. Essential to accurate staging are an EGD, CT scan of ...

The annual rate of use of preoperative helical CT among patients who underwent ... The overall rate of pathologically proven appendiceal perforation decreased significantly, from 18% in 1996 ...

Should I be concerned about the amount of radiation in this CT scan ... a bleeding scan. I was told that if more air had been pumped in during the original colonoscopy, no perforation would ...