Oesophageal tuberculosis mimicking a tumour during treatment for nodal tuberculosis.
A patient with cervical lymph node tuberculosis developed a tubercular ulcer in the oesophagus eight weeks after starting treatment. This was probably due to a drug related hypersensitivity reaction in an adjacent mediastinal lymph node and subsided with continued treatment.
Kaur
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Department of Experimental Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Katariya
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Bhusnurmath
S R
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Bambery
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Dilawari
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JB
D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents