Clinical features of idiopathic esophageal perforation compared with typical post-emetic type: a newly proposed subtype in Boerhaave's syndrome.

This study first focused on the characteristics of idiopathic esophageal perforation that have been included in so-called Boerhaave's syndrome. The pathophysiology of the idiopathic type should be separately understood from post-emetic type, because the diagnostic and prognostic features largely differ.