ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Boerhaave syndrome - recognition

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A 50-year-old man presents to the emergency department with severe epigastric pain radiating to the back after several episodes of forceful vomiting following alcohol bingeing. He is tachycardic but haemodynamically stable. Chest X-ray shows a small left pleural effusion and mediastinal air. Which diagnosis should be strongly suspected?

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