When a 'spontaneous perforation' of the oesophagus occurs as a result of severe barotrauma while a person vomit against a closed glottis, what is the condition known as
High-Yield Explanation
The pressure in the oesophagus increases rapidly and the oesophagus burst at its weakest point in the lower third sending a stream of material into the mediastinum and often the pleural cavity as well.