Sengstaken-Blakemore tube

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Patient with chronic liver disease and hematemesis.

x-ray

CXR demonstrates a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube in situ, as well as a left CVC and an endotracheal tube. 

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