<prompt> 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 asMaltory - weiss syndromePlummer vinsion syndromeKaergener SyndromeBoerhaave syndrome  <response>: 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. Bailey and Love;s sho practice of surgery,26 th ed.pg:992 