title: Esophageal tuberculosis: a differential diagnostic challenge.
abstract: Esophageal tuberculosis is a rare clinical picture. It is typically secondary to tuberculous infection of other organs. There are neither diagnostic signs or symptoms nor typical x-ray or laboratory findings. Histology, too, often fails to establish a reliable diagnosis, so that esophageal tuberculosis might be mistaken for esophageal carcinoma. We report the case of a woman with secondary esophageal tuberculosis to illustrate the clinical course and diagnostic problems of this condition.
authors: Department of Surgery, Cologne University Hospital, Germany.
authors: S P
authors: SP
authors: Mönig
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Schmidt
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Wolters
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Krug
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*