title: [Esophageal tuberculosis].
abstract: Tuberculosis of the esophagus is a rare disease, occurring in most cases secondary to tuberculosis of other organs. A hyperplastic, a granular, and an ulcerous form can be discerned macroscopically. There are neither specific clinical symptoms and signs nor typical X-ray or laboratory findings; examination of bioptic specimens also does not allow establishing a diagnosis in many cases. A case report is given of a patient with ulcerous tuberculosis of the esophagus; the clinical course and diagnostic problems are described. Diagnosis was established in this case after a secondary abscess of soft tissue had appeared.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Osophagustuberkulose.