An unusual complication of eosinophilic esophagitis in an adolescent: intramural esophageal dissection

Endoscopy 2012; 44(S 02): E419-E420
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1325777

Unusual cases and technical notes

A. Sgrò

¹Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

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P. Betalli

¹Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

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G. Battaglia

²Istituto Oncologico Veneto, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

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R. Bardini

³Department of General Surgery, Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy

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M. A. Crivellaro

⁴Servizio di Allergologia, Medicina del lavoro, Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy

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G. Svaluto

⁵Department of Paediatrics, Hospital of Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy

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P. G. Gamba

¹Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

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