title: An unusual case of esophageal tuberculosis in an adult.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Disease, Osmangazi University Medical School, Eskişehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alataş
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Işiksoy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Metintaş
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erginel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Harmanci
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mutlu
mesh_terms: 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