[Tuberculous ganglio-oesophageal fistula. A case revealed by hematemese (author's transl)].
The authors report the observation of a tuberculous ganglio-oesophageal fistula which revealed itself through several severe digestive hemorrhages. On this occasion, they recall that these fistulae are unusual and exceptionally hemorrhagic. Diagnosis can only be made by a thorough endoscopic examination. If medical treatment can be envisaged when the tuberculous nature of the lesion has been ascertained, surgery is to be prefered in case of uncertain etiology; the intervetion enables the opening of the tuberculous abscess and, at the same time, the treatment of the oesophageal perforation and the suppression of hemorrhages.
D000328:Adult; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005402:Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
Fistule ganglio-oesophagienne tuberculeuse. A propos d'un cas révélé par des hématémèses.