Q J Med 1999; 92: 123-124
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Dissecting intramural haematoma of the oesophagus exacerbated by heparin therapy
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Sir,
Further to the series published by McIntyre et al.1 we would like to report a case of dissecting intramural haematoma of the oesophagus originally treated as cardiac chest pain and complicated by treatment with heparin.
A 74-year-old woman was admitted with a 30-min history of a sudden onset of central chest pain radiating to her jaw and
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