[Cough, vomiting, rapid weight loss].
A young male patient from Somalia presented with a productive cough since a few days, and he complained about vomiting after meals and a rapid loss of weight of 20 kg. Endoscopic, radiological and clinical examinations revealed a broncho-esophageal fistula. Further examinations showed mycobacterium tuberculosis as the underlying cause of the disease; a malignancy was excluded. Antituberculous treatment resulted in the loss of the present symptoms as well as in a clinical and endoscopic closure of the fistula.
Oertel
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Medizinische Universitäts-Poliklinik, Bonn.
Seewald
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Schmidt
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Heidgen
F J
FJ
Vetter
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D000328:Adult; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology; D015431:Weight Loss
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