An unusual case of esophageal tuberculosis in an adult.
Tuberculous infection of the esophagus is a rare disease and usually occurs secondary to tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenopathy. We report a 74-year-old woman presenting with dysphagia and weight loss. The chest radiograph showed punctuated calcifications lining from the right hilar region to the paracardiac region. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a 0.5 x 5 cm lesion localized in the 25th cm of the esophagus covered partly with normal mucosa, partly demonstrating ulcerous areas. Biopsy revealed granulomatous infiltrates being tuberculoid in type. Thorax CT showed a calcified lymph node at the right hilum. The patient did not give consent to therapy and died 1 month later.
Alataş
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Department of Chest Disease, Osmangazi University Medical School, Eskişehir, Turkey.
Ozdemir
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N
Işiksoy
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S
Metintaş
M
M
Erginel
S
S
Harmanci
E
E
Mutlu
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S
D000368:Aged; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging