title: [Esophageal tuberculosis. Presentation of a case and review of the literature].
abstract: We describe the case of a 63-year-old woman who had recently developed dysphagia. Oral endoscopy revealed an ulcerated fungating lesion in the middle third of the esophagus. The histologic examination showed granulomas with caseous central necrosis, and the culture in a Lowenstein medium produced M. tuberculosis. There were mediastinic adenopathies, but no other organic involvement with this mycobacterium was demonstrated. We review the other 21 cases reported in the English and Spanish literature over the past ten years.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Madrid.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moreno Sánchez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arévalo Serrano
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Domínguez Franjo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Castellano Tortajada
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Colina Ruiz-Delgado
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belda Serna
mesh_terms: D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Tuberculosis esofágica. Presentación de un caso y revisión de la literatura.