title: Mediastinal mass with Dysphagia in an elderly patient.
abstract: We report the use of endoscopic techniques for successful diagnosis in a case of atypical esophageal tuberculosis. Tuberculosis of the esophagus is an unusual presentation of this disease, having been estimated to occur in 0.15% of the people who die of tuberculosis. A few cases of possible primary tuberculous esophagitis have been described. This report describes a patient with dysphagia who appeared to have esophageal tuberculosis without HIV and in the absence of other signs of tuberculosis. The patient responded promptly to treatment with tuberculostatics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Services, Evangelismos Hospital, University of Athens, Ipsilantou 45-47, GR-10675 Athens,Greece. akotanid@med.uoa.gr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kotanidou
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Andrianakis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mavrommatis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Politis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roussos
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bellenis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents