title: [Surgical treatment of esophageal tuberculosis].
abstract: Esophageal tuberculosis, being rare, traditionally has been treated by antituberculous drug therapy, respectively by esophagectomy. A 66-year-old women is reported showing a productive/caseous tuberculosis of the mid-esophagus without pulmonary lesions. In suspicion of a benign tumor thoracotomy was done, and an enlarged oval excision of the esophagus wall with a longitudinal closure was performed. Chemotherapy was applied for one year. 3 1/2 years postoperatively there is a free passage of the esophagus, and the patient seems to be healed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Chirurgische Behandlung einer Oesophagustuberkulose.